Campbell family of Cawdor (per. 1511–1821), highland chiefs, landowners, and politicians, provide a rare example of a Campbell family based some distance from Argyll which until the end of the seventeenth century, following the pattern of the clan, remained closely associated with its chief and his affairs. The family was founded by the marriage in 1511 of ...
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Campbell family of Cawdor (per. 1511–1821), highland chiefs, landowners, and politicians
Andrew Mackillop, Jean Munro, and R. W. Munro
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Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638), magnate and politician
John Callow
Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638), magnate and politician, was the elder surviving son of Colin Campbell, sixth earl of Argyll (c. 1542–1584), and his second wife, Lady Annas or Agnes Keith (c. 1540–1588), eldest daughter of William Keith, fourth Earl Marischal...
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Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638)
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Archibald Campbell, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/66–1638) by unknown artist in a private Scottish collection
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Campbell, John [called Iain Glas], first earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1634–1717), magnate and politician
Paul Hopkins
Campbell, John [called Iain Glas], first earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1634–1717), magnate and politician, was born on 29 May 1634 at Stronmillochan, Glenorchy, Argyll, the eldest son of Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy, fourth baronet (d. 1686), and his first wife, ...
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Campbell, John, first earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1634–1717)
Maker: Sir John Baptiste de Medina
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John Campbell, first earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1634–1717) by Sir John Baptiste de Medina Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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Gordon, George, first marquess of Huntly (1561/2–1636), magnate and politician
J. R. M. Sizer
Gordon, George, first marquess of Huntly (1561/2–1636), magnate and politician, was the son of George Gordon, fifth earl of Huntly (d. 1576), and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton (d. after 1574), daughter of James Hamilton, second earl of Arran and duke of Châtelherault...
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Ruthven, William, fourth Lord Ruthven and first earl of Gowrie (c. 1543–1584), magnate and politician
Sharon Adams
Ruthven, William, fourth Lord Ruthven and first earl of Gowrie (c. 1543–1584), magnate and politician, was the second son of Patrick Ruthven, third Lord Ruthven (c. 1520–1566), and his first wife, Janet (d. 1555×7), an illegitimate daughter of Archibald Douglas, eighteenth earl of Angus...
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Scott, Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-, fifth duke of Buccleuch and seventh duke of Queensberry (1806–1884)
Maker: George Richmond
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Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas- Scott, fifth duke of Buccleuch and seventh duke of Queensberry (1806–1884) by George Richmond, 1864 The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Scott, Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-, fifth duke of Buccleuch and seventh duke of Queensberry (1806–1884), magnate and politician mistress of the robes
K. D. Reynolds
Scott, Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-, fifth duke of Buccleuch and seventh duke of Queensberry (1806–1884), magnate and politician, born at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland, on 25 November 1806, was the second, but eldest surviving, son of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, fourth duke of Buccleuch...
