On 27 June 1743, the British army and its allies, under the command of King George II and Lord Stair, won a victory at the Battle of Dettingen, over the French army, commanded by the Maréchal de Noailles and the Duc de Grammont.
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Buddleja 'Glasnevin' is an old hybrid cultivar raised by John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, Lochinch Castle, putatively from a crossing of Buddleja davidii with Buddleja fallowiana, the same parents of the better-known cultivar 'Lochinch'.
Lord Stair's mother, Davina, therefore, is a first cousin of The Queen and he is a second cousin of The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York, and The Earl of Wessex.
As captain of the 87th Foot he served in the American War of Independence, taking part in the successful attack on New London, Connecticut and Fort Griswold in September 1781 under Sir Henry Clinton, who sent him home with despatches.