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		Archibald Campbell, 1st of Glenlyon, the founder this family, was younger son of Sir Duncan Campbell, 2nd of Glenorchy, and to whom his father assigned the lands of Glenlyon.
		Duncan Campbell, fiar of Glenlyon, styled as grandson and heir of Duncan Campbell of Glenlyon and son of Archibald Campbell, junior of Glenlyon, in an apprisement of the lands of Glenlyon by John Campbell, second son of Colin Campbell of Aberuchill, on 27 February, 1647.
		Robert Campbell, 5th of Glenlyon, had an Instrument of Sasine for the lands of Glenlyon from his uncle and Tutor John Campbell, of Duneaves, on 22 November, 1659, attained the rank of Captain in the army and was in command of the Campbell Militia who undertook the Massacre of Glencoe in February of 1693.
	www.perthshireheritage.co.uk /Glenlyon.html (1580 words)

	Robert Campbell of Glenlyon - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Robert Campbell inherited Meggernie Castle, in Glenlyon, from his father and set about improving it in a line with current fashions.
		With Robert Campbell was still unable to satisfy his creditors, his own tenants offered him half their cattle to pay off his debts but he refused and sold almost all of the estate to the Earl of Tullibardine in 1684.
		In a final effort to support his wife and family Robert Campbell, at the age of fifty nine, joined the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot and came to play his part in the Glencoe massacre.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/r/o/b/Robert_Campbell_of_Glenlyon_c0f9.html (332 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was from the 15th century that the Campbells came to take an increasingly prominent role, Colin Campbell was en-nobled as the Earl of Argyll in 1457 and later became Baron of Lorn and was also granted lands in Knapdale, signs that the Argylls were one of the major forces in Scotland.
		In 1568 chief of Clan Campbell, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll led and commanded the forces who fought for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside against the forces of the Regent Moray who were commanded by William Kirkcaldy of Grange.
		In 1678 Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, son of the Marquess of Argyll, successfully invaded the Clan MacLean lands on the Isle of Mull and garrisons Duart Castle.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Clan_Campbell (2066 words)

	MHS Transactions: Sketch of the Life and Discoveries of Robert Campbell
		Campbell, with the hardiest of his seven trusty companions, who were some of them whites and others Indians, now made an inland,journey of more than a day's march, and saw the high cliffs of the splendid river, which were named the Pelly Banks in honor of the Governor in London, Sir Henry Pelly.
		Robert Campbell was most devoted to his wife, and she gave him two sons and a daughter.
		Campbell in his travels and explorations had not a better instrument than a pocket compass to enable him to take observations, and as an evidence of his accuracy, it may be stated that the map produced from his notes and delineations by Mr.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/1/robertcampbell.shtml (3969 words)

	Ancestors of
		Late in January 1692, Robert Campbell of Glenlyon was despatched to Glencoe with 120 men of Argyll's regiment.
		Besides, Glenlyon was a relative of MacIan's by marriage.
		Robert married Helen Lindsay-[39157] [MRIN: 3197], daughter of Alexander Lindsay of Evelick-[32615] and Marjorie Falconer-[39123], on 22 October 1663 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland.
	clanmacfarlane.100megsfree5.com /5305.htm (1023 words)

	John Campbell LL.D.
		Dr Campbell’s style is such as would not now, perhaps, be much admired; but it was considered, by his own contemporaries, to be superior both in accuracy and in warmth of tone to what was generally used.
		In reality, the whole affair was a jest of Dr Campbell, or rather, perhaps, a sportive exercise of his mind, being merely an imitation of the manner of Bayle, with whose style of treating controversial subjects he appears to have been deeply impressed, as he professedly adopts it in the Biographia Britannica.
		Dr Campbell, in his private life, was a gentleman and a Christian: he possessed an acquaintance with the most of modern languages, besides Hebrew, Greek, and various oriental tongues.
	www.electricscotland.com /History/other/campbell_john1.htm (1413 words)

	Robert Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (1630-1696) Scottish officer implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe.
		Robert Campbell (trade unionist) - Founder of the US teachers trade union, the National Education Association.
		Robert Campbell (Art gallery director) (1902–1972), Australian painter and director of State art Galleries in the mid twentieth century
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Campbell (227 words)

	"Clan Campbell web site shows the origins of the clan & includes family tree;descendants;clan history and photo's of ...
		Sir Walter Scott tells the story of how at a later day a Campbell of Glenlyon was the officer in command of a firing party entrusted with the carrying out of the death sentence of a court martial.
		Glenlyon had arranged that the signal to fire should be his drawing his white handkerchief from his pocket.
		Campbell's 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 uprising.
	www.thecampbellclan.org.uk (724 words)

	Robert Campbell - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (1630-1696) Scottish officer implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe.
		Robert Campbell - award winning architecture journalist with the Boston Globe.
		Robert Campbell - Founder of the US teachers trade union, the NEA.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Robert_Campbell (120 words)

	Perthshire Diary - The Curse of Glencoe on the Glenlyon Campbells - April 4th 1781
		Robert of Glenlyon, who was the commanding officer at the Massacre of Glencoe died lonely and disgraced on August 2nd 1696.
		This stone though belonging to the Campbells of Glenlyon had been in the possession of the Breadalbanes all through Robert Campbell’s lifetime and his wife, Iain’s mother, believed that many of the misfortunes that had befallen the family could be traced back to the loss of the stone.
		When all was prepared, Colonel Campbell put his hand in his pocket for the reprieve, and in pulling out the packet, the white handkerchief accompanied it and the unfortunate prisoner was shot dead.
	www.perthshirediary.com /html/day0404.html (1229 words)

	exoticbookings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert Campbell, 5th Laird of Glenlyon (1630 â“ August 2, 1696), was a minor member of Scottish nobility and is best known as one of the commanding officers at the Massacre of Glencoe.
		While Robert Campbell was still unable to satisfy his creditors, his own tenants offered him half their cattle to pay off his debts but he refused and sold almost all of the estate to the Earl of Tullibardine in 1684.
		All that he retained was Chesthill, a house and small estate between Glenlyon and Fortingall, which belonged to his wife.
	www.exoticbookings.com /articleresources/?title=Robert_Campbell_of_Glenlyon (342 words)

	Massacre of Glencoe
		The already impoverish Robert Campbell, the laird of Glenlyon was reduced at the age of sixty to seek a livelihood in the new English regiment raised by the Earl of Argyll for King William, taking a captains commission.
		Glenlyon informed him that by order of the Governor, they were to be billeted on the people of the glen to collect arrears of the "hearth-money" a new tax introduced by the Scottish parliament in 1690.
		Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon died in service at Bruges, but it has been hinted that his death was due to cirrhosis of the liver caused by his excessive drink problem.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /historyfile/glencoe.htm (2673 words)

	A Most Curious Murder - The Madeleine Smith Story
		It may be mere coincidence that Campbell of Glenlyon was chosen for this task but the fact that this enemy of the McDonalds also had a niece who was married to McDonald's younger son was certainly no disadvantage to Dalrymple's strategy.
		As Campbell of Glenlyon considered his orders, two officers under Hamilton's command to the north were being held under close arrest for putting conscience before duty and refusing to march on Glencoe.
		Glenlyon had been reluctant to take the life of a young man of about twenty years of age, but he was challenged by Drummond who was not a man to allow compassion, to interfere with his duty.
	www.amostcuriousmurder.com /GlencoeFS.htm (4491 words)

	scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Robert Campbell was the 5th Laird of Glenlyon, a Captain of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment.
		Campbell himself was in no position as the officer to question the order, and though it was not a personal vendetta, he would have no reason to love the MacDonalds.
		Robert Campbell of Glenlyon died at Bruges on 2 August 1696.
	www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_gscots_detail.cfm?id=212 (603 words)

	Glenlyon Gallery Perthshire Scotland. Pictures paintings and prints by Alan B Hayman of Aberfeldy. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1502 Glenlyon became the ownership of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy.
		Adamnan left Glenlyon to return to Iona and became famous as the biographer of St. Columba and Abbot of the Abbey of Iona.
		It was extended to its present state in 1673 by Robert Campbell of Glenlyon infamous for the Glencoe massacre.
	www.glenlyongallery.com /location2.htm (439 words)

	Scottish History: Jacobite Days
		This financially ruined Robert Campbell of Glenlyon; already the victim of his own drinking and gambling habits, he had at 60 to enlist as a Captain in the Campbell regiment, the Argyll Regiment.
		After the battle of Culloden in 1746 when the defeated Jacobite soldiers were being systematically hunted down and killed by Cumberland's army, most of the Campbell militia seem to have tried to minimise the number caught, and showed little inclination to persecute their fellow Scots - in contrast to the zeal of Cumberland's Lowland battalions.
		Colin Campbell (the 'Red Fox') was an officer in Cumberland's Highland Militia, noted for his willingness to denounce former rebels, and was King's Factor for Lochaber and Appin.
	www.altculture.org /ccult/ccult53.html (918 words)

	National Galleries of Scotland \| Online Collections » Artist Search » Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, 1632 - 1696.
		In February 1692 a company of the Earl of Arygll's regiment was quartered on the Macdonalds of Glencoe.
		Early in the morning of 13 February the soldiers, commanded by Captain Campbell and acting on secret orders, fell on their hosts and slaughtered them on the desolate snow-covered hillsides of Glencoe.
	www.natgalscot.ac.uk /collections/artist_search.php?objectId=2008 (308 words)

	The Massacre of Glencoe
		Glenlyon himself visited the house of Alasdair Og every morning to take a drink and at night played cards and backgammon with his host and the chief’s sons.
		Glenlyon was taken aback by the orders and obviously had no forewarning of what had been planned by the Scottish Secretary and his accomplices.
		Glenlyon assured him there was no cause for concern as they were preparing for an early march.
	www.scotsheritage.net /magazine/story/glencoe2.html (2681 words)

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		As they made their way home from Killiecrankie, they stopped off at Glenlyon and plundered the surrounding Campbell lands and property, as was the highland way at that time.
		Robert Campbell the Glenlyon chief was already in financial difficulty and this incursion led him to ruin.
		Robert Campbell finally had his revenge although he did not profit from it.
	scotlandpast.co.uk /page6.html (501 words)

	Perthshire Diary - Robert Campbell and the Glencoe massacre - February 1st 1692
		On February 1st, men of the Argyll Regiment under the leadership of Robert Campbell were marched to Glencoe and billeted upon the people of the village.
		Robert Campbell himself spent much of the time with McDonald’s two sons, one of whom was married to his own step-sister.
		Either Robert Campbell was incompetent or he and his men were less than enthusiastic for their task.
	www.perthshirediary.com /html/day0201.html (825 words)

	sctts rebellion 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Over 100 soldiers commanded by Robert Duncanson and Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, both of clan Campbell (the traditional enemies of the MacDonalds), were quartered in Glencoe for over a week.
		John Campbell, Earl of Bredalbane and neighbouring enemy of the MacDonalds, and Sir John Dalrymple, Secretary of State for Scotland, were both suspected of being involved in planning the incident, and William's involvement, unwittingly or otherwise, did little to improve his relations with the troublesome Highlanders, though fear of being "Glencoed" made them more biddable.
		It was the last of a series of unsuccessful Jacobite rebellions aimed at replacing the unpopular House of Hanover with the exiled Stuarts on the British throne.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.mcdermott1/page13.html (549 words)

	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.
		But JOHN CAMPBELL OF CARWHIN, who was descended from Colin Campbell of Mochaster, second son of Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, took possession of both without opposition.
	www.irishgenealogy.com /campbell.htm (2763 words)

	Bruce Family Lineage / House of Bruce Research
		Robert of Blairhall and Easter Kennet - ancestor of Kinross, Blairhall, balcaskie,
		Robert Bruce, 1st of Kinnaird, (1559-1631), younger son of Alexander Bruce and Janet Livingstone of airth, was a Presbyterian clergyman of note during the reign of James VI.
		Robert Bruce of Kennet, born December 24, 1718, married in 1754, Helen, daughter of George Abercromby, of Tullibody.
	www.brucefamily.com /lineage.htm (7154 words)

	Tragedy at Glencoe - The Highland Massacre
		But the Campbells of Breadalbane, led by Sir Robert Campbell and with his men, stayed with the gracious and generous MacDonalds of Glencoe for nearly two weeks, drinking, making hay among other things, generally having a spontaneous ceilidh (kâ´lê), [an Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling].
		It is clear from the names, that even if the whole of the Clan Campbell was not involved, enough of the leadership of the clan(s) were, that the blame rightfully does fall on their shoulders despite their denial of doing anything wrong, to this very day.
		Yet before we condemn the Campbells for this horrifying act, this is the same clan, several centuries earlier that helped an outlaw named Robert the Bruce, who was hiding from the English and enemy Scots alike, shortly after being made king of Scotland.
	www.geocities.com /sepx5/index-6.htm (3690 words)

	Massacre at Glencoe: A Highland Perspective
		Most of the troops were Campbells, or septs of the Campbells [James Hunter, Author/historian], but the strict code of hospitality required the MacDonald Chief, and his people, to give food and shelter to the unwelcomed guests.
		This Campbell was Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (Glen Lyon).
		We are often told of the 38 that died at the hand of the Campbell regiment, but as many as one hundred more may have died of exposure to the snow and cold after fleeing from their would-be murderers.
	members.aol.com /Skyelander/glencoe.html (4728 words)

	The Best Reviews: Juliana Garnett, The Laird Review
		Robert is horrified by the loss of his brothers' lives.
		Robert watches in dread as Angus becomes more unreasonable, and one of the old castle servants starts spreading rumors that Judith is a witch.
		Robert of Glenlyon is a strong, brave Scots warrior, who is smart enough to understand the complexities of the Scottish/English war, and he is daring enough to be the hero that we are all looking for.
	thebestreviews.com /review7056 (456 words)

	The Massacre at Glencoe
		Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon is sent to Glencoe with a company of 120 government troops.
		Questioned by one of the sons of the chief, Campbell told him that there was overcrowding at Fort William - and said that the troops were to be quartered with the MacDonalds throughout the villages in the valley.
		Though Campbells were indeed involved in many levels of this tragedy, the criminal Dalrymple should take most of the blame.
	www.sawneybean.com /horrors/Glencoe.htm (2055 words)

	The Best Reviews: Juliana Garnett, The Laird Reviews
		Robert Campbell of Glenlyon is the only one of Angus Campbell's sons who defies him when he orders a raid on another clan.
		Robert Campbell knows how deadly the fight is becoming, having lost family members to his dangerous foes.
		She is the enemy of his clan, the friend of his foe, and the most beautiful prisoner he has ever seen.
	thebestreviews.com /book2829 (230 words)

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