Later Career
In 1780, he was defeated in parliamentary elections. In 1782, he was appointed a Lieutenant General. In 1787, he was re-elected to Parliament. In 1789, he was appointed Governor of Stirling Castle, and Commanding General of the Army in Scotland. In 1791, he was transferred from the 55th to the 11th Foot. In 1796, he was appointed a full General, and retired from active military services. In 1802, he retired to his estate on the Avon and Spey rivers as the Laird of Ballindalloch, after relinquishing his seat in Parliament. In 1805, he retired from the British army. He died at 86, April 13, 1806. His estate went to his grandnephew, George Macpherson.
His papers are at the National Archives of Scotland, and have been copied for the Library of Congress.
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