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  Campbell of Argyll 2
..A2 Duncan Campbell Macdhonnachie of Inverawe, progenitor of the Campbells of Inverawe
..A2 Colin Campbell of Glenurchy, Baron of Lawers, Knight, ancestor of the Campbells of Glenurchy, of Lawers, of Glenlyon, of Monzie, of Barcaldine, and of Breadalbane.
..A3 Neil Campbell of Ormidale, progenitor of the Campbells of Ormidale.
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 campbell01
ancestor of Campbells of Ellengreig and of Ormadale
Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck and Kilmichael (a 1452)
Susanna Crauford (a 1318, dau of Sir Reginald Craufurd of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr)
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 The Tartan and The Clan - Memory Media - The Homepage of William and June Blakely of Renfrew in Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Clan Campbell (Caimbeul in Gaelic) of Breadalbane.
Sir Colin's fourth wife was Margaret, daughter of Luke Stirling of Keir, by whom he had a son, John, ancestor of the Earls of Loudon, and a daughter, Mariot, married William Stewart of Baldoran.
William, the sixth son, was ancestor of the Campbells of Glenfalloch, the representatives of whom have succeeded to the Scottish titles of Earl of Breadalbane, etc. Margaret, the eldest daughter, married to John Cameron of Lochiel, was the mother of Sir Ewan Cameron.
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 Sir Henry Wylie Norman - LoveToKnow 1911
SIR HENRY WYLIE NORMAN (1826-1904), field-marshal and colonial governor, was born on the 2nd of December 1826, and entered the Indian army at the age of seventeen.
He went through the second Sikh campaign and having attracted the favourable notice of Sir Colin Campbell was selected by him to accompany an expedition against the Kohat Pass Afridis in 1850 as officiating brigade-major.
In 1883 Sir Henry began his colonial career as governor of Jamaica, an appointment from which he was transferred in 1888 to the governorship of Queensland.
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 Clan Campbell - The Breadalbane Campbells
Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenurchy, his eldest son and successor, was, on the death of Colin, sixth Earl of Argyll, in 1584, nominated by that nobleman's will one of the six guardians of the young earl, then a minor.
Archibald Campbell of Monzie, the fifth son, was ancestor of the Campbells of Monzie, Lochlane and Finnab, in Perthshire.
The Campbells of Ardkinglass were an old branch of the house of Argyll, Sir Colin Campbell, son and heir of James Campbell of Ardkinglass, descended from the Campbells of Lorn, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Campbell of Glenurchy, was made a baronet in 1679.
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 HeraldicAmerica: Seal of Sir Colin Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The arms borne by Sir Colin are very complex.
He was descended in the female ligne from Sir Ewan Cameron of Lochiel.
Sir Colin was authorized to show on his shield the Gold Cross with six clasps and other medals won during the Napoleonic Wars.
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 Campbell
Sir Neil's widow was married to Sir Alexander Fraser, Chamberlain of Scotland under Robert the Bruce.
Colin was, immediately after his accession to the earldom, appointed by the council to assemble an army and proceed against Lauchlan Maclean of Dowart, and other Highland chieftains, who had broken out into insurrection, and proclaimed Sir Donald of Lochalsh Lord of the Isles.
General John Campbell of Mamore, 4th Duke, son of the Hon John Campbell of Mamore, second son of Archibald, the ninth Earl of Argyll (who was beheaded in 1685), by Elizabeth, daughter of John, eighth Lord Elphinstone.
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 CAMPBELL
Sir Colin was succeeded by SIR DUNCAN CAMPBELL, his eldest son, usually termed Donacha dhu na Curich, Black Duncan of the Cowl, who seems to have been a man of considerable force of character, but unscrupulous and treacherous.
Sir Duncan was one of the six guardians of the young Earl of Argyll appointed by the will of his father, the sixth Earl, in 1584, all of them cadets of the family, and one of their number, Campbell of Lochnell, was the nearest heir to the earldom.
Sir Duncan was deeply implicated in the conspiracy to which the Lord Chancellor, Lord Maitland of Thirleston, and the Earl of Huntly were parties, to murder the Earl of Argyll, Campbell of Calder or Cawdor, one of his guardians, and the Earl of Moray (see ARGYLL FAMILY).
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 Vice-Chancellor's Office - University of Nottingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sir Colin served as a non-executive Director of Swiss Re from 1999-2005.
Sir Colin was knighted in 1994 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1996.
Sir Colin was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Ningbo Municipality by the Standing Committee of the Ningbo Municipal People's Congress in September 2004 in recognition of his contribution to the construction and development of Ningbo Municipality.
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 Colin Campbell Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Colin Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 20, 1792, the son of a carpenter and cabinet maker with the surname of Macliver.
Campbell was also highly recognized for his role as a major general in command of the Highland Brigade during the Crimean War.
Campbell was rewarded for his Indian victory in 1858 with the title of Baron Clyde and an annual pension of 2,000 British pounds.
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 Sir James Hope Grant - LoveToKnow 1911
SIR JAMES HOPE GRANT (1808-1875), English general, fifth and youngest son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, Perthshire,.
and brother of Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., was born on the 22nd of July 1808.
He entered the army in 1826 as cornet in the 9th Lancers, and became lieutenant in 1828 and captain in 1835.
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 The Scottish Clan Campbell Single Hook Tartan Fly
Gillespe Campbell is the first of the Clan mentioned in history with the modern spelling.His name occurred as a witness of the charter of the lands of the burgh of Newburgh by King Alexander III in 1246.
Colin Campbell was knighted in 1280 by King Alexander III, because of his warlike actions, and a descendant Sir Duncan Campbell was created a peer of the realm by King James II in 1445.
Sir Colin Campbell, their eldest son, obtained a charter from his uncle, King Robert Bruce, of the lands of Lochow and Artornish, dated at Arbroath, 10th February 1316, In which he is recorded as 'Colinus filius Cambel, militis'.
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 "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.
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.
Castles with Campbell connections are Dunstaffnage near Oban, Cawdor near Inverness and Inveraray in Argyll (the latter is the seat of the current clan chief).
www.thecampbellclan.org.uk   (724 words)

  
 HISTORIK ORDERS, LTD MEDAL GALLERY SIR COLIN CAMPBELL/WATERLOO (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Colin Campbell's future seemed assured but his perverse distaste for serenity made sure he was again in the thick of the action.
Campbell then took part in the storming of Guzzulgaum, this was his last action for the time being and he was given a company of the 75th before Wellington invited him to be Brigade Major to his brigade.
Sir Colin Campbell can be seen standing to the far left of Wellington who himself is at the center of the table.
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 Colin Campbell
Field-Marshal Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, whose military exploits led him from the battlefields of Portugal to Lucknow, where he was the British commander-in-chief during the Indian Mutiny, died 100 years ago today.
Campbell, who had his horse shot under him leading his Highlanders to the last assault at the Alma, had been made commandant of Balaclava, which was the British base with a garrison of 500 men of the 93rd (Argylls), some invalids, and the odd ragtag of a base.
Colin Campbell does not rank among the great commanders, but he was a great solider and leader of men.
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 Campbell, Colin - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Campbell's most important contribution to this revival of classicizing architecture was his publication of Vitruvius Britannicus (3 vol., 1715, 1717, 1725).
Campbell's major buildings were Wanstead House, Essex (1715-20, destroyed), which incorporated what Campbell claimed to be England's first classical portico; the remodeling of Burlington House, London (c.1717) for his patron, Lord Burlington ; and Mereworth Castle, Kent (1723).
CAMPBELL V CAMPBELL; They haven't clapped eyes on each other for 30 years, but Lord and Lady Colin Campbell - for she still retains his name - are locked in a battle to the death.
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 Peterson Family - pafg45 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Duncan CAMPBELL Sir/Lord of Auch [Parents] was christened on 6 Jul 1452 in, of Glassary, Scotland.
Neil or Niail CAMPBELL was born in 1432 in Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland.
Margaret or (Campbell) MCALLISTER was born in 1348 in Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland.
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 Campbell
The support which their chief Sir Colin Campbell of Loch Awe and his two sons gave to Robert Bruce was rewarded by a marriage with King Robert's sister, and the Campbells began their rise to supremacy in the Highlands by assisting in the downfall of Bruce's opponents.
From this time their chiefs were named as the descendants of Sir Colin of Loch Awe, Mac Chailein Mor, Great son of Colin.
But Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, moved his headquarters to the burgh of Inveraray on Loch Fyne, which he founded in 1474.
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 Scottish Clans - Clan Campbell
Sir Colin Campbell, of the Campbells of Argyll, was knighted in 1280 and from him successive chiefs derive the patronym MacCailen Mhor.
Colin’s son, Sir Neil, married Marjorie Campbell and, thereafter the Campbells played a leading part in Scottish national affairs, generally being supportive of the national government.
From Sir John Campbell, 3rd son of the 2nd Earl of Argyll, spring the Campbells of Calder or Cawdor.
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 Campbell Clan History
The first Campbell in written records is Gillespie Campbell in 1263 although it would appear that the clan had been established in Argyll at an earlier date.
Sir Colin was killed in a skirmish with the MacDonald Lords of the Isles and a cairn still marks the spot where he fell.
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.
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 The Campbell Family
Sir Neil had his revenge for his father’s murder when he was given, for his patriotism, extensive lands taken from the Lords of Lorne and others in Argyll who had been Bruce’s enemies, and the increases in Campbell power and supremacy accelerated from here.
Campbell is currently the 2nd most common Scottish name to appear throughout Northern America and is the 34th most common name overall throughout the whole country.
Sir Colin Campbell, born in 1792, was the commander of the Highland Brigade at Balaclava and was Commander-in-Chief during the Indian Mutiny.
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 Sir Colin Campbell’s Final Relief and Evacuation of Lucknow Residency Garrison-November 1857
Campbell deployed Heavy Guns belonging to Peel naval brigade which pounded Shah Najaf for three hours after which it was stormed and captured after a tough fight with an assault personally led by Campbell.
Meanwhile Campbell under cover of Outram’s Batteries on the northern side established batteries to shell the Martiniere from the Dilkusha under whose covering fire La Martiniere was captured on 9th of March with negligible resistance due to the great volume of artillery fire on it from both sides of the river.
Thus Campbell was able to achieve the political object of capturing a city which signified a deposed dynasty’s capital but failed in the military object of not allowing bulk of the Sepoy Force from escaping.
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 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 question of the origin of the Campbells cannot, until further light be thrown upon it, be determined with certainty at the present day.
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.
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 Sir Colin Campbell -- 1792-1863
Campbell served at the battle of Vittoria and the siege of San Sebastian.
Campbell accepted but by the time he reached Turkey the 'division' was an army, and he was appointed as the commander of the Highland Brigade of the 1st Division under the command of the Duke of Cambridge.
Campbell was appointed as commander at Balaclava; his services were recognised by his promotion to the colonelcy of the 67th regiment on 24 October 1854.
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 Useful Clan Campbell Customs To Know
In Gaelic, the chief of the Clan Campbell is known as "MacCailein Mór" meaning "Son of Colin the Great", called from his ancestor Sir Colin Campbell, Knight of Lochawe, who was killed in battle in 1294.
Campbells of Breadalbane, Cawdor and Loudoun may wear their respective tartans but all Campbells may wear the plain blue, green and fl Campbell sett, often in its lighter form sold as "Ancient Campbell" or "Ancient Black Watch".
In that sense the `of' is similar to the French `de', Alan Campbell of Glenfeochan being the equivalent in that sense of Couve de Murville, for example.
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 Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde, a British soldier, was born at Glasgow on the 20th of October 1792.
Campbell held a command in the American expedition of 1814; and after the peace of the following year he devoted himself to studying the theoretical branches of his profession.
Sir Colin, however, considered Lucknow a false position, and once more abandoned it to the rebels, retaking it in March 1858.
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 Allies.html
In 1292, Sir Colin Campbell of Lochawe was recognized as the founder of the Campbells of Argyll, and the Gaelic form of his name - Cailean Mor - was incorporated into the title of all subsequent Campbell Chiefs.
Sir Colin was slain by the MacDougalls of Lorne in 1296, but the clan prospered under his son, Sir Neil Campbell.
Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll, was executed in 1661 by Charles II, not for his depredations against the MacGregors, nor his treason against the Stewarts, but on ample proof for his betrayal, treachery, perjury and massacre of the Lamonts of Cowal.
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 family_tree_data_campbell
The Lordship of the Isles was broken by the Crown by the end of the fifteenth century, leaving the Campbells the main power in the area.
His line was founded by the colourful crusader "Black" Colin Campbell (d.1498), who received Glenorchy in 1432 from his fahter, Sir Duncan Campbell, who had ejected the MacGregors from the lands.
His mother was a Campbell, though, and when her brother, Colonel John Campbell, took the fifteen-year-old boy to be interviewed for the Army by the Duke of York, the Duke wrote his name down as Campbell.
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 Killin, Breadalbane and Clan Campbell. Perthshire, Scotland
The Campbells were a powerful Clan with a burning desire to expand their lands, indeed the ambition of the 16c Black Duncan Campbell of the cowl was to be able to travel on his own lands from the east to the west coast of Scotland.
Sir Colin Campbell, born about 11577 was probably the most notorious of the Campbells and it was he who hounded the unfortunate MacGregors of Glenstrae and their successors.
Sir Duncan’s lands stretched from Barcaldine in the west to Taymouth Castle on Loch Tay in the east.
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 Clan Campbell Shield at St Columba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1296 the Campbells were under the jurisdiction of the MacDougal Lords of Lorne.
The Campbells are still remembered for the massacre of 38 MacDonalds in Glencoe on 12 February 1692, in an act of treachery.
Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863), commander of the Highland Brigade at Balaclava, Commander-in-Chief during the Indian Mutiny, the hero of Lucknow and Cawnpore
www.highlandcathedral.org /armorial/campbell.asp   (305 words)

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