| Andrew
Rutherford, Earl of Teviot, was from a Scottish family, and commanded
a battalion of Scots Guards in the French service for several years.
He attained the rank of Lieutenant General, in France, and enjoyed
considerable reputation for his military talents. At the Restoration
he accompanied King Charles II to England, and having been especially
recommended to the notice of his sovereign by Louis XIV, was created,
in 1661, Lord Rutherford. He was appointed, on the 22nd of May,
1661, to succeed Sir Edward Harley as Governor of Dunkirk, which
he held until the place was sold and delivered up to the French
in 1662: on the 2nd February, 1663, he was advanced to the dignity
of Earl of Teviot. His service as Colonel was regretfully of short
duration. Appointed
to the Regiment on 9th April 1663, he was soon energetically at
work in Tangier where he set about building the outlying forts and
where his tireless enthusiasm inspired the garrison. Unfortunately
a disastrous reconnaissance operation with a force outside the defensive
lines led to an ambush by the Moors when he and over twenty officers
and 396 NCOs and men were killed on 4th May 1664. |