Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll
Archibald Campbell | |
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Earl of Argyll | |
Tenure | 1584–1638 |
Born | c. 1575 |
Died | 1638 (aged 62–63) Kilmun Parish Church and Argyll Mausoleum |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | 9 children |
Father | Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll |
Mother | Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray |
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll (c. 1575–1638), also called "Gillesbuig Grumach" ("Archibald the Grim"), was a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader.
Life
Campbell was the son of Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll and Agnes Keith.
His nickname, "Gillesbuig Grumach", is the Gaelic for "
On 15 July 1594 James VI gave him a commission to wage war with "fire and sword" against the Catholic Earls of Huntly and Erroll.[1] He commanded royal troops at the Battle of Glenlivet on 3 October 1594 and was defeated by the rebel earls and their followers.
After the
In January 1610 he argued over the precedency of seating of his wife, Anne Cornwallis, with the Earl of Pembroke, at a dinner hosted by Lady Hatton. King James commanded Argyll to yield place to Pembroke until Parliament decided their issue.[4]
By 1619, he had surrendered his estates to his son,
He died in 1638 and was buried at Kilmun Parish Church.
Family
On 24 July 1592, he married his first wife, Lady
Argyll and Agnes Douglas had at least five children, including:
- Annabel Campbell (d. 1652), who married Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian
- Anne Campbell (d. 1638), who married George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly
- Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1607-1661), who married Margaret Douglas (1610–1678)
- Jane Campbell (? - 1675) became Viscountess Kenmure[8]
After the death of his first wife in 1607 or 1608, Argyll considered marrying
In 1618 Archibald Campbell converted to Roman Catholicism, the religion of his new wife, from Presbyterianism.[10] She was at Spa in Belgium in August 1618 and travelled on to Brussels in her coach.[11]
References
- ^ HMC 4th Report: Duke of Argyll (London, 1874), pp. 488-9.
- ^ Maurice Lee, Dudley Carleton to John Chamberlain: Jacobean Letters (Rutgers, 1972), p. 35.
- ^ Mary Anne Everett Green, Calendar State Papers Domestic, 1603-1610, p. 24 TNA SP 14/2 f.13
- ^ E. K. Purnell & A. B. Hinds, HMC Downshire, vol. 2 (London, 1936), pp. 216, 221.
- ^ a b c Callow, J. (23 September 2004). "Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638), magnate and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Particulars from the Process Book: 1631-41 Pages 128-159 Middlesex County Records: Volume 3, 1625-67". British History Online. Middlesex County Record Society 1888. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 687, 736.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66717. Retrieved 24 February 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Thomas Birch & Folkestone Williams, Court and Times of James the First, 2 (London: Colburn, 1849), pp. 7–8, 20.
- ^ Marshall, R. (22 September 2005). Cornwallis, Anne, countess of Argyll (d. 1635), Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 8 Dec. 2017, from link
- ^ HMC 75 Downshire, vol. 6 (London, 1995), pp. 461 no. 1002, 465 no. 1016.
- Prebble, John, The Lion in the North: one thousand years of Scotland's history, London, 1971