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  Archibald Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell was a son of Archibald Campbell, a lieutenant in the army, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Captain James Small.
In 1813 Campbell was appointed to the rank of major-general in the Portuguese army.
Campbell was appointed colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot and went to India with it.
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 Archibald Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Archibald Campbell was born in Edinburgh on 24 July 1691 into a family of merchants, and died on 24 April 1756.
Campbell regards humankind as designed for society, arguing that the action of rational human beings towards each other is virtuous in so far as it is proportional and adapted to self-love; he associates this principle with a desire for happiness that is, for him, an essential component of intelligent human nature.
Campbell’s distinction between the psychological impulse that naturally propels us towards company and the imperatives of social organization is not always as clear as one could wish: human beings naturally seek each other’s company on the one hand, but on the other they are not naturally adapted to civil society.
www.thoemmes.com /404.asp?404;http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/campbell.htm   (1565 words)

  
 Archibald Campbell
Campbell's connection with party politics was a timidity of publicity, an innate modesty of his own abilities and an absolute aversion to the notoriety which is generally the greater part of the professional politicians' capital.
Campbell, and he dismissed the matter without further thought for he knew well enough that President Arthur's attitude was not friendly to him, as he had opposed the faction in the Chicago convention that was given the consolation prize of the Vice Presidency.
Campbell's return to Wheeling a public mass meeting was held in the Opera House, elaborate addresses indorsing his conduct in the convention were made, and he was publicly presented with a large oil painting representing the scene alluded to in the Chicago convention.
www.wvculture.org /history/statehood/campbellarchibald02.html   (3224 words)

  
 THE AMERICAN WAR OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL OF INVERNEILL
Archibald Campbell sailed on the "George" along with Major Menzies, one hundred and eight soldiers from the first battalion, the Adjutant, the Quarter-Master, two Lieutenants and five gentleman volunteers, while Captain MacKenzie, two subalterns, two volunteers and eighty two men from the first battalion were aboard the "Annabella".
Archibald Campbell remained a prisoner of war for just under two years, and in captivity faced a challenge that was arguably as great as anything he had ever faced on the battlefield.
Archibald Campbell became a victim of this controversy, and as a result was forced to endure a long and oppressive captivity.
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 Sir Archibald Campbell
This was a service in which Colonel Campbell was associated with some of the best officers of the British army, and the value of their endeavours was well attested in the high state of efficiency to which the Portuguese soldiers were brought, and the important aid they rendered during the Peninsular war.
In this auxiliary army Campbell rose to the rank of full colonel, and in 1811 to that of brigadier-general, and was present at the battles of Busaco, Albuera, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, the Nivelle, and the Nive, and several sieges, especially that of Badajos.
At the close of the Burmese war, General Campbell was appointed commander of the forces in the provinces on the coast of Tenasserim, which the enemy had ceded, and civil commissioner in the company’s affairs in relation to the kingdoms of Burmah and Siam.
www.electricscotland.com /history/other/campbell_archibald2.htm   (1385 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Archibald Campbell (1739-1791)
Late in 1778 Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell was dispatched by the British commander in chief in North America, Sir Henry Clinton, to proceed against Savannah.
As the war escalated, Campbell was posted to North America where he served as a captain in the Seventy-eighth Regiment of Foot, or Fraser's Highlanders, until he was seriously wounded during the capture of Quebec, Canada, in 1759.
Campbell died March 31, 1791, in London and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-666   (518 words)

  
 THE AMERICAN WAR OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL OF INVERNEILL
Archibald Campbell's skilful tactics had restored Georgia to the Crown, but the number of southern Loyalists rallying to the King's Colours proved disappointing, and the British Government's backing for the army in the south was too half-hearted to build upon these gains.
Such was Cornwallis’ appreciation of Campbell of Inverneill’s ability that he advised the directors to give Archibald Campbell "a commission of General to command in Chief in India", in order to persuade him to stay in the country.
It is testimony to Archibald Campbell's tremendous ability and strength of character that, in a conflict which proved to be a bonfire for the reputations of so many other British commanders, he was able both to overcome extreme personal adversity, and to emerge with his reputation considerably enhanced by the conduct of his campaigns.
www.earlyamerica.com /review/2001_summer_fall/amer_war_3.html   (6377 words)

  
 James Archibald Campbell
Campbell's great-uncle, Maj.-Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, K. B., was in the British army during the American Revolution, fought for the mother country, was taken prisoner in Boston harbor and on May 3, 1778, was exchanged for Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga.
Campbell married Euphemia Morison, a daughter of James Morison, of Rossie, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.
Campbell have two sons and a daughter: Jessie A., wife of Edwin Davis, of Leavenworth, Kansas; James A.; and Edwin A. Both Mr.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/campbeja.html   (948 words)

  
 Clan Campbell - The Argyll Campbells
Archibald, the fourth Earl of Argyll, was on his accession to the title in 1530, appointed to all the offices held by the two preceding earls.
Archibald, fifth Earl of Argyll, was educated under the direction of Mr John Douglas, his father's domestic chaplain, and the first Protestant Archbishop of St Andrews, and distinguished himself as one of the most able among the Lords of the Congregation.
Archibald, third Duke of Argyll, the brother of the preceding, was born at Ham, Surrey, in June 1682, and educated at the university of Glasgow.
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 Archibald James Campbell - biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The ornithologist Archibald James Campbell was the eldest son of Archibald Campbell and Catherine née Pinkerton.
Campbell was also a founding member of the Wattle Club in 1899, and involved in the establishment of the Australian Wattle Day League in 1911.
Archibald Campbell died at Box Hill, Victoria on 11 September 1929 and is buried in St Kilda Cemetery.
www.anbg.gov.au /biography/campbell-archibald-james.html   (254 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Archibald Jr studied law under Jacques Voyer, and was authorized to practise on 6 June 1812.
A patron of the arts, Campbell also helped the painter Antoine-Sébastien Falardeau* to spend some time in Italy, and encouraged the endeavours of the dramatist and poet Pierre Petitclair*, who transcribed documents in his office.
With his brother-in-law William Sheppard, Campbell appeared among the founders of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec on its royal charter (1831).
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38462   (436 words)

  
 Wikinfo | John Archibald Campbell
Campbell strongly opposed secession, and in early 1861 served as a mediator between William H. Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of War, and the three Confederate commissioners Martin Crawford, Andre Roman, and John Forsyth.
Campbell had been instructed that the Lincoln administration's policy was for peace and reconciliation, not war, but during the meetings Campbell learned that the U.S. government was reinforcing Fort Sumter and had requested 75,000 volunteers, and Campbell decided that he had been lied to.
Campbell served only eight years on the Supreme Court, though he remained in good health until his death in 1889 and could have served on the court for many years had the Civil War not intervened.
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 Biography:  Archibald S. Campbell
Campbell purchased land in both Boone and Nance counties, engaged in the stock business, raising and shipping cattle, etc., and also farmed considerable land.
Campbell owned about 1800 acres of land in Nance, Boone and Greeley counties, but as it advanced in value, he sold until at the present time he owns three hundred and twenty acres in Nance county, and the same amount in Thomas county, Kansas.
Campbell moved to Fullerton, purchasing some land just inside of the city limits, on which he built a fine home, which is situated on a high spot near the outskirts of Fullerton, giving a splendid view of Loup river valley and from which the entire town can be seen.
www.geneabios.com /archibaldcampbell.htm   (432 words)

  
 Concord Gaol
Campbell was transferred to the Concord jail on 1 February 1777, thus beginning a 15 month "visit" which would include numerous attempts at prisoner exchange, charges of mistreatment, a flurry of complaint letters to Generals Washington and Howe, and correspondence from the latter gentlemen to one another, Congress and the Boston Council.
According to Scott Campbell of the Clan Campbell Society, North America, Region 1 Chapter, "during the 15th century, a branch of the Craignish Campbells left Argyll after some kind of ruckus, and took up residence in Breadalbane, where they were known (and are still) as MacKerlichs, derived from Mac Tearlach, or 'son of Charles'.
Campbell tartan, Campbell Clan arms (with the boar), and Inverneill arms (with the shield and boat) kindly supplied to us by Scott Campbell of the Clan Campbell Society, North America, Region 1 Chapter.
www.concordma.com /magazine/dec98/campbell.html   (1129 words)

  
 Archibald Campbell
The marriage produced many children including Archibald who was baptized in the Albany Dutch church in 1778 and became a prominent Albany resident.
At the outbreak of the War for Independence, Campbell lent some support to the Patriot cause and later posted bail for some country people including his father-in-law.
Sources: The life of Archibald Campbell is CAP biography number 7528.
www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/bios/c/arcampbell7528.html   (261 words)

  
 Campbell Clan History
Archibald Campbell obtained the Lordship of Lochow when he married the King's Treasurer and Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, knighted in 1280, founded the Campbells of Argyll.
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.
Campbells were noted as staunch supporters of the government both in the early years when they opposed the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles and later opposed the Jacobite Uprisings
www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclancampbell.htm   (528 words)

  
 Biography for: Archibald Campbell
Lord Archibald Campbell was the second son of Lord George Douglas Campbell, the eighth Duke of Argyll, and Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Campbell, née Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.
Lord Archibald Campbell was educated at Eton, St Andrews University and at Göttingen.
Portrait of Lady Archibald Campbell in Court Dress (YMSM 240) was his first but was abandoned by the artist and probably destroyed.
www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Camp_A.htm   (583 words)

  
 Archibald Campbell and Ann --- of Marion Co, SC
Archibald Campbell was always listed close to the Samuel A. Campbell family.
Archibald Campbell and Ann's children were proven in the Marion County Probate records (thanks to Troy Keefe for pointing this out to me).
The 1840 census shows someone Elizabeth's age with her father Archibald Campbell, but it isn't known when she married William Keefe other than "1840", but it appears it was after the census was taken as his household contained no woman her age.
www.martygrant.com /gen/campbell/campbell-archibald-ann-marion.htm   (1193 words)

  
 Campbell of Argyll - 1
The early records of the Campbells, as with so many of the clans from the western highlands, are incomplete, and several different origins have been accorded them.
The first of the race who comes prominently into notice is one Archibald (also called Gillespic, which in Gaelic means "servant of the Church") Campbell, as likely as not, we think, to be a gentleman of Anglo-Norman lineage, who lived in the 11th century.
Beryl Platts noted that at Cunningham the Campbell lands marched with those of the Morvilles, and that the first of the Morvilles in Scotland was Hugh de Morville, husband of Ada d'Enghien.
www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-03/campbe00.html   (398 words)

  
 Restoration Quarterly (Thomas Campbell's Ministry at Ahorey)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas Campbell, born February 1, 1763, near Newry, is said to have attended a military regimental school, an army establishment, not far from his home, where he studied English grammar and reading, Latin and Greek, writing and arithmetic.
Campbell, with one of his elders, had several hours of conversation with the scholarly John Walker and was very much influenced by him, and indeed by all the others, only perhaps to a lesser extent.
Campbell raised all manner of objections to this in 1802, so that chapters 18 and 23 had to be sent to Presbyteries for their consideration, showing us the stature of Campbell.
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 CAMPBELL
Nancy (CAMPBELL) (mother of subject) became the wife of Andrew L. Alicia became the wife of Mathew CLAPP, and Jane, the wife of Mathew McKEEVER.
The inferior agents, John Oig Campbell and M'Kellar, were both executed, but all the influence of Calder's relations and friends could not obtain the punishment of any of the higher parties.
JOHN CAMPBELL, Lord Glenorchy, born in 1662, whom he nominated in terms of his patent as his successor in the earldom and in his extensive estates.
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 NJDARM: Archives Collection Guides: Campbell Family, Papers, ca. 1773-1845
Campbell was licensed to practice law in 1793.
Bond of Archibald and George Campbell of New Barbadoes to Beekman Van Buren of Hackensack for £200, 31 March 1794.
Bond of Archibald Campbell and Robert Campbell of Bergen Co. and George Campbell of New York, NY, to Beekman Van Buren of Bergen Co. for £200, 5 June 1795 [seals torn off].
www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/guides/pcamp001.html   (2200 words)

  
 My Campbell Family
Colin Campbell, Head of house, aged 55, farmer (of 4 acres), Margaret his wife, aged 54, Rachel his daughter, aged 24, John his son, aged 22, Archibald his son, aged 16.
However a baptism for a Janet Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell and Margaret McGilvray was recorded in the Kilfinichen registers dated 18 January 1805.
Margaret Campbell aged 85 years [It is possible that this is Margaret McGilvray, wife of Archibald Campbell], Peggy McLean, cotter, aged 75 years, Isabella McLean aged 35, Marion McLean aged 30 and John Campbell aged 7.
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 John Archibald Campbell --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl and 1st Duke of, Marquess Of Kintyre And Lorne, Earl Of Campbell And Cowall, Viscount Of Lochow And Glenyla, Lord Of Inverary, Mull, Morvern, And Tirie
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of, Duke Of Greenwich, Marquess Of Kintyre And Lorne, Earl Of Campbell And Cowall, Earl Of Greenwich, Viscount Of Lochow And Glenyla, Baron Of Chatham, Earl And Viscount Of Ilay, Lord Of Inverary, Mull, Morvern, And Tirie, Lord Oransay, Dunoon, And Arase
The Dominion's first secretary of state, Archibald was born in Truro, N.S. A lawyer, he sat in the provincial Assembly in 1851–67.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9019848   (682 words)

  
 Archibald Campbell
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD, ninth Earl of Argyle, son of the preceding, was an equally unfortunate, though less distinguished political character, in the unhappiest era of Scottish history.
He was educated under the eye of his father, and, at an early period of life, was highly distinguished for his personal accomplishments.
Thus died Archibald Campbell, earl of Argyle, on the 30
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 Overview of Archibald Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Succeeding his father to the Earldom in 1584, Campbell was used by King James VI (1566 - 1625) to control the highland clans.
However, the young Campbell certainly did not enjoy the wholehearted support of the King, who tolerated the internecine violence between the clans and probably used it for his political advantage.
Campbell continued to pursue the other clans, massacring the Colquhouns at Glen Fruin (1603), the MacGregors (1610) and the MacDonalds (1614-5).
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst709.html   (174 words)

  
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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) was associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and assistant secretary of the Confederate War Department and related to the Campbell, Colston, Groner, and other families represented in this collection.
John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and assistant secretary of the Confederate War Department, was born in Washington, Wilkes County, Ga. He attended Franklin College, the University of Georgia, and the United States Military Academy.
John A. Campbell worked as a lawyer and legislator in Alabama and, in 1852, was appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
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