Major General Arthur St. Clair
Arthur St. Clair was born in Thurso, Scotland, on 23 March 1736 (Old Style). After a brief stint at the University of Edinburgh, he purchased a commission as an ensign in Great Britain’s 60th Royal American Regiment. He served in Canada under Generals Jeffrey Amherst and James Wolfe, from 1757 to 1759. In 1760, he married Phoebe Bayard. …