Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill (after 16 May 1688 – 25 November 1746) was a Scottish soldier.

Life

He was the fifth son of

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by his wife Anne Sempill, 9th Lady Sempill, daughter of

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. He went early into the Army, and was adjutant to Colonel Preston's Regiment of Foot 1 December 1708, ensign in the same regiment July 1709, and served at the

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. He was promoted captain 12 July 1712 and was placed on half-pay in 1713. In 1715 he was appointed captain in Brigadier-General Grant's Regiment, and promoted major on 5 April 1718. On 17 February 1727 Hugh Sempill succeeded his brother

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Lord Sempill Lord Sempill (also variously rendered as Semple or Semphill) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden ...

. That year he sold the estates of Elliotstoun and Castle Sempill, purchasing the estate of North Barr in 1741. Sempill was made lieutenant-colonel of the

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on 12 July 1731, and succeeded the Earl of Crawford as colonel of

the Black Watch The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ...

on 14 January 1741. He was in command when the regiment mutinied in 1743, and followed them that year to Flanders, where they highly distinguished themselves. He received allowances to enable the officers belonging to the corps to provide themselves with baggage horses upon their going to Flanders.Roxine A. Beaumont-Sempill (2015) ''The Semples, Lord Sempills of West Scotland'', p. 196: William A. Shaw (1903), ''Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers'', Volume 5, 1742-1745, pp. 268-281. He commanded in the town of Aeth when it was besieged by the French, and that regiment made a gallant defence. Appointed colonel of the

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on 9 April 1745, Sempill was promoted brigadier-general 9 June 1745. At the

Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden (; gd, Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Prince Wi ...

on 16 April 1746 he commanded the left wing of the royal army. In the middle of August following he arrived at Aberdeen and assumed the command of the troops stationed in that quarter. He died there on 25 November 1746. His remains were interred in the Drum Aisle in the West Church of that city on 1 December following.

Family

Lord Sempill was married on 13 May 1718 to Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Gaskell of Manchester. They had five sons, including

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, and six daughters, the eldest of whom, Sarah, married

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MP. Lady Sempill died on 17 April 1749.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Sempill, Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord 1680s births 1746 deaths British Army generals British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 Green Howards officers King's Own Scottish Borderers officers Cameronians officers 42nd Regiment of Foot officers Lords Sempill

Hugh Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...