sentences:  Alexander Cannon
  
  Alexander Cannon, also spelt Cannan, was a professional Scots soldier in the second half of the 17th century, who served in the armies of William of Orange and James VII and II.He remained loyal to James at the 1688 Glorious Revolution, accompanied him into exile and was appointed Major-General of Jacobite forces in Scotland after the death of Viscount Dundee in July 1689.