sentences:  He was replaced by Thomas Buchan in early 1690 but served as his subordinate until both were given safe passage to France in 1692.Little is known of his later career; he was mentioned as still being in Jacobite service in 1708 and died sometime after that.Alexander Cannon or Cannan was born in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in the western province of Galloway; his family were members of the small Scottish Catholic community and in 1640 when Alexander was born, they were recorded as 'delinquents' by the Covenanter government that ruled Scotland.