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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
Sir Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll FRSA (August 28, 1937 - April 21, 2001) was a Scottish Peer and Chief of the southern branch of the Clan Campbell.
The 13th Duke of Argyll is the son of Sir Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll and Iona Mary Colquhoun, the daughter of Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun of Luss 8th BT, Chief of Clan Colquhoun.
The Duke of Hamilton (1644) and Brandon (1711): The Chief of Clan Hamilton
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  Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Clan war cry is "Cruachan" from the mountain north of Loch Awe, overlooking the bulk of the Campbell lands in Argyll.
The name was well established in Argyll at the end of the 13th century, as followers of the Earl of Lennox, with Campbells owning lands in Kintyre and the famous warrior Cailein Mor (Great Colin) knighted (1380) and established at Lochawe.
Argyll became the centre of the Clan and the castle of the Chief was established at Inverary Castle.
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 Clan Campbell Chiefs
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll at Inveraray Castle
The Duke of Roxburghe (1707) : The Chief of Clan Kerr
Sir Torquhil Ian Campbell, the 13th Duke of Argyll, son of the late Sir Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll and the Duchess of Argyll, née Iona Mary Colquhoun, and Miss.
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 The Campbells of Argyll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The mansion is one of the principal seats of the Duke of Argyll.
Argyll and Athole mustered their clansmen, and at the head of 7,000 men marched towards Stirling to rescue the King, but by the mediation of Bowes, the English ambassador, a compromise was effected between the hostile factions.
Argyll intimated his intention to resign his office rather than take this Test, but, at the instance of James himself, he at length complied; adding, however, the explanation, of which the Duke professed to approve, that he took it so far as it was consistent with itself and with the Protestant religion.
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 ARGYLLSHIRE - Online Information article about ARGYLLSHIRE
Pre-eminently Argyll is the shire of the sportsman.
The principal clans in Argyll, besides those already mentioned, were the Macleans, the Stewarts of Appin, the Macquarries and the Macdonalds of Glencoe, and the Macfarlanes of Glelcroe.
Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides (Edinburgh, 1892) ; D. Clerk, " On the Agriculture of the County of Argyll " (Trans.
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 Clan Campbell History
Argyll is a county of about 100 miles in length north to south and slightly less in width.
Today most of the aristocratic families of Britain, including the Duke of Argyll, prefer to serve their country in commercial, cultural and charitable roles and in preserving the extraordinary heritage of their architectural and archival treasures through free enterprise for the public good.
One is from the repertory of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the other by the late Ronnie MacCallum, Piper to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Mac Cailein Mor at Inveraray Castle.
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 Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Clan war cry is "Cruachan" from the north of Loch Awe overlooking the bulk of the Campbell in Argyll.
The name was well established in Argyll at the end of the 13th as followers of the Earl of Lennox Campbells owning lands in Kintyre and the famous warrior Cailein Mor Colin) knighted (1380) and established at Lochawe.
In the centuries various Campbell Clan including Archibald Campbell 5th Earl of Argyll Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess of Argyll and John Campbell 2nd Duke of Argyll have played key roles in Scottish indeed British history.
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 The Morrells - Morrell/Campbell Ancestry
As a growing colony through the 19th century, Jamaica received many Scottish immigrants, and it is thought that it was during this period that the forebears of Henry Arthur Campbell, father of Olive Grace Campbell, who married Douglas Wellesley Morrell, came to the island to start a new life.
A clansman is said to be a person who professes allegiance to a chief, either by descent with a name in common to the chief, branch or sept, territorial origin or adoption, and who respects the Law of Arms in Scotland (Way and Squire, 1994).
It is through the descent from Olive Campbell, daughter of Henry Campbell, and his professed allegiance and recognition of the Duke of Argyll as chief of Clan Campbell, that Raymond Jon Wellesley Morrell, the youngest Morrell, claims membership in the clan as a clansman.
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 28TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Dugall Duke of ARGYLL King in the Isles was Ancestor of MacDougalls of Argyll and Macdonalds of the Isles after 1164 in Scotland.
He was born in Iles - son of Duke of Argyll.
Duncan Mac Dugall of ARGYLL King in the Isles was living in 1244.
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 Duke of Argyll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Duke of Argyll was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892.
The Duke of Argyll is the chief of the Scottish clan of Campbell and in this capacity is known as "MacCailean Mòr", which is Gaelic, for "Son of Colin the Great" referring to Cailean Mór of Lochawe (Colin of Lochow) who was killed in fighting with Alexander, Lord of Lorne in 1296.
On the June 21, 1701 the 9th Earl's son was created Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowal, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, Baron Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree for his services to William of Orange.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Argyll   (905 words)

  
 Argyll, John Campbell, 2d duke of — FactMonster.com
Argyll, John Campbell, 2d duke of, 1678–1743, Scottish general; son of the 1st duke, whom he succeeded in 1703.
He served under the duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) and rose to be commander in chief in Spain in 1711.
Campbell, Scottish noble family - Campbell, Scottish noble family, the head of which is the duke of Argyll.
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 Coming Soon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Iveraray Castle is the result of an ambitious plan which begun after Archibald Campbell succeeded as 3rd Duke of Argyll in 1743.
The main structure was completed by 1758 but the 3rd Duke died in 1761 not having occupied the castle.
Now Inveraray is now the home of the 13th Duke of Argyll and his family.
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 Duke of Argyll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His son, the 2nd Duke, was created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich in 1705 as a reward for his support for the Act of Union and further elevated to the title Duke of Greenwich in 1719.
The 5th Duke sat as a member of parliament for Glasgow until his father's accession to the Dukedom in 1761 disqualified him from representing a Scottish seat.
Thus, the Duke is one of the only five people to hold two different dukedoms, the others being the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.
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 Sutherland
The Duke was married to Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the Earl of Carlisle Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria.
Lady Elizabeth Georgina (born in 1824), was married to George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll.
3rd Duke of Sutherland, born 1828, married to Anne Countess of Cromartie in the heritage of Clan MacKenzie.
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 Type 23 Duke Class Frigates
As a result of these changes the Duke Class frigates were completed with a maximum displacement of around 4,200 tonnes and measure 133m in length 16.1 metres in beam and 7.3 metres in draught.
Argyll and Lancaster were ordered from Yarrow on August 19th 1986 and on the same day Marlborough was ordered from Swan Hunter.
She was launched by the present Duke of Lancaster, who is of course the Queen.
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 Clan Donnachaidh: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Alexander Robertson of Struan - the 13th chief - had raised his clan in support of the deposed Stuart king, James II, during the 1689 rebellion against the ascension of William III.
The loyalist Duke of Atholl, James Murray, was opposed by a Jacobite Duke, his brother William.
The Atholl Brigade, of three battalions, was the military contribution of the dukedom to the rebel army.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
From the 13th century onwards the Campbell Lordship in Argyll was on freshwater Loch Awe, sometimes written Lochawe, (pronounced Loch AWE, as in awesome).
Archibald 5th Earl of Argyll's followers were of both Clan Donald and Clan Campbell and the host he could bring to the field was larger than the armies of either of his royal contemporaries, Mary Queen of Scots or Queen Elizabeth of England.
The Second Duke of Argyll, a Field Marshal, was one of the two greatest soldiers in Britain and was renowned as a statesman who helped to unite the parliaments of Scotland and England in 1707.
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 Barony of Rachane Argyll, Scotland
The Barony of Rachane was chartered under the Great Seal in 1708 in favour of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, remaining a personal title of the Dukes of Argyll until the 20th century.
Following the 2004 Abolution of Feudalism in Scotland, the Barony remains a personal title of the present (13th) Baron and Baroness, who wish to develop it towards the charitable support of animal protection, rescue, and welfare.
It is Recorded in the Register of Sasines, Scotland and recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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 Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands
In the 13th century Archibald Campbell obtained the Lordship of Lochow through his marriage with the daughter of the King’s Treasurer, and for a long period thereafter the Campbells of Lochow formed one of the chief branches of the clan.
Sir Colin, of Lochow, the progenitor of the Campbells of Argyll, was knighted in 1280, and from him the chiefs of the Argyll family received the designation, MacCailean Mor, retained by the Dukes of Argyll till the present day.
John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, was created Duke of Greenwich in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 1st duke of — Infoplease.com
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 1st duke of — Infoplease.com
Since his support was important to William, particularly as a basis for encouraging the submission of the clans, he was restored to his estates and made a privy councilor.
Although two companies from his regiment were used to perpetrate the massacre (1692) of the MacDonalds of Glencoe, it is unlikely that he was in any way personally involved.
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 Campbell Clan History
Another Colin Campbell was made Earl of Argyll in 1457 and his son, Archibald, who was Lord High Chancellor, was killed at Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Archibald, the 10th Earl was a close supporter of William of Orange and was rewarded with the title of Duke of Argyll and Marquess of Lorne and Kintyre in 1703.
in Argyll (the latter is the seat of the current clan chief).
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 News Archive
Born in 1937, and Scotland’s second most senior duke, he leaves a wife Iona, their daughter Louise, and son Torquhil, a chartered surveyor in London, who now becomes the 13th Duke of Argyll.
The duke’s funeral at Inveraray Parish Church today (Fri) is to be followed by a private burial on the island of Innishael on Loch Awe where his father’s ashes were interred.
Argyll Forest Park should definitely be in, including Glenmassan, right through to the low water mark of the Holy Loch,” he insists.
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 The Cape Breton Highlanders Home Page
The ranks were filled predominantly by Highlanders, the descendants of Scots who had emigrated from the Duke of Argyll's estates.
Following the First World War, the Militia was reorganized and on April 1, 1920 the Unit was re designated The Cape Breton Highlanders which was to perpetuate the 94th Regiment, 85th and 185th Battalions.
On April 1, 1932, following a request from the Regiment, permission was granted The Cape Breton Highlanders to adopt the uniform, with the exception of the regimental badge of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), thus cementing the 94th's earlier relationship with that famous British regiment.
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 Argyllshire - Argyll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Duke, who preferred to have the town a discreet distance (particularly as the impelling reason for its proximity – protection in lawless times – had gone with the rebellion of 1745), began to rebuild it half a mile away.
The wonderful richness and variety of its woods and vegetation (much of it planted by former Dukes of Argyll), the beautiful height of Duniquoich which presides over the scene, the peaceful nappe of Loch Fyne, and the tumbling waters of the Aray and Shira make a combination which is truly one of Nature’s masterpieces.
But the Argyll islands have other glories to show, “Isle of Mull, Loch ‘Baa’ or the Lake of ‘Life and Beauty’ was rather a discovery for ‘my people,’ “ writes the Duke of Argyll in the book before-mentioned, and proceeds to quote a letter of August 1, 1856, from Lord Ellesmere to the Duke’s grandmother:
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 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The regiment was formed in 1794, as the 98th Argyllshire Highlanders, changing in 1809 to the 91st of foot, the 93rd Highlanders were formed in 1799, and in 1881 both of these Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
History of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, during the reign of Queen Victoria.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is the only infantry regiment of the Line that bears “Balaklava” on its colours.
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 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Business
His grace, Torquhill Ian Cambell, the 13th Duke of Argyll, and the International Regional Manager, Chivas Brothers, was at hand to formally launch the famed drink that cheers and unfold the unique and colourful 200-year-old history of Chivas Brothers.
The Grace, Torquhill Ian Campbell, is the 13the Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom and hereditary master of the royal household in Scotland.
Speaking on the occasion The Duke of Argyll said “Chivas Regal derives its unique taste from the great Scottish tradition of blending aged malt and grain whiskies.
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 Clan Campbell Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The ancestry is celtic, and the clan originated on Loch Awe, in Argyll, the western Highlands of Scotland.
CHIEF His Grace, Torquil Campbell, MacCailein Mor, 13th Duke of Argyll.
In the Gaelic the Chief of Clan Campbell is known as MacCailein Mor (Pron.
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 Honored Clan
The Federation of Clan Campbell Societies was created in 1986 by his Grace, the 12th Duke of Argyll, to enable the various Clan Campbell Societies to use heraldic arms as granted to the Chief by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, for the Federation.
The need for a coat of arms for use by members of Clan Campbell Societies was made clear by the widespread misuse of the historical gyronny.
Where available, it would be very colorful and totally appropriate to fly the heraldic banner of the Federation of Clan Campbell Societies at all Society tents and tables and as the lead banner in a parade (unless the Chief was present with his banner and banner bearer).
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 Scotsman.com Business - Gold sets the standard in 23-year high   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
TORQUHIL Campbell, the 13th Duke of Argyll, seems to have picked a good time to resume his family's obsession with retrieving the treasure trove of Spanish gold supposedly sunk at the bottom of Tobermory Bay.
Campbell revealed last week that he is using the latest sonar technology to try to locate the remains of the Duque de Florencia, a ship of the Armada that was scuttled by a Mull clansman in 1588.
The £160m complex is due to open in the summer of 2008 and analysts at Brewin Dolphin Securities said the "key news" on Wednesday will concern "planning and finance" for the development.
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 Argyll
The children of the Dukes of Argyll bear the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.
1a) JOHN Donald Sutherland Campell, 9th Duke of Argyll, etc (Stafford House 6 Aug 1845-Kent House, Cowes, Isle of Wight 2 May 1914); m.Windsor Castle 21 Mar 1871 Louise Pss of Great Britain and Ireland, etc (Buckingham Palace 18 Mar 1848-Kensington Palace 3 Dec 1939)
Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (London 29 May 1846-Alnwick Castle 14 May 1918)
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