John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
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John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1636 – 19 March 1717), known as Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet from 1670 to 1681, was a member of Scottish nobility during the Glorious Revolution and Jacobite risings and also known as "Slippery John". An astutely political man, Campbell was one of the men implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe.
Biography
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He was the eldest son of
In October 1672, as principal
He was reputed to own the best
- "The money is spent, the Highlands are quiet, and this is the only way of accounting between friends."[2]
Breadalbane had a reputation for double-dealing which led to a lasting belief that he had a direct hand in the
In 1696, Breadalbane became an investor in the
Breadalbane did not vote for the
On the occasion of the Jacobite rising in 1715 he excused himself on 19 September from obeying the summons to appear at Edinburgh on the ground of his age and infirmity, but nevertheless the next day visited Jacobite camps at Logierait and Perth, his real business being, according to the Master of Sinclair:[1]
- "to trick others, not to be trickt, and to obtain a share of the French subsidies".[4]
He had taken money to provide 1200 men to the uprising, and only sent 300. His 300 men were withdrawn after the Battle of Sheriffmuir, and his death, on 19 March 1717, removed the need for an inquiry into his conduct.[1]
Marriage and family
He married Lady Mary Rich, daughter of
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g Chisholm 1911, p. 473.
- ^ Various versions of this quote are mentioned in several publications through history; a few are:
- Elizabeth Isabella Spence. Letters from the North Highlands, During the Summer 1816. (page 219) googlebooks
- Sir Walter Scott. Tales of a grandfather. (page 214) googlebooks
- Catherine Sinclair. Scotland and the Scotch Or, The Western Circuit. Dedicated to the Highland Society. (page 122) googlebooks
- ISBN 9781913025595
- ^ John St Clair, Master of Sinclair was a veteran of several Scottish battles and relates his observations in his "Memoirs"; see paragraph 260 for the noted quote at archive.org
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Breadalbane, John Campbell". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 473–474. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Bibliography
- Calder, James Traill, History of Caithness at "caithness.org". Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Accessed 12 November 2007 - Lee, Henry James. History of the Campbell Family. New York: Polk, 1920.googlebooks Retrieved 2 March 2009
- Macky, John, and John Miller Gray. Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq., During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I: Including, Also, the True Secret History of the Rise, Promotions, &C. of the English and Scots Nobility; Officers, Civil, Military, Naval, and Other Persons of Distinction, from the Revolution ; In Their Respective Characters of Large. London: 1733. (Reprinted by the Roxburghe Club in 1895.)
- Sir Walter Scott. Tales of a grandfather. Edinburgh: Cadell, 1831.
- Note by Sir W. Scott in Sinclairs Mew of Insurrection in Scotland (Abbotsford Club. 1868).
- Sinclair, Catherine . Scotland and the Scotch Or, The Western Circuit. Dedicated to the Highland Society. New York: D. Appleton, 1840.
- Sinclair, John. Memoirs of the insurrection in Scotland in 1715 / John, Master of Sinclair, from the original manuscript in the possession of the Earl of Rosslyn ; with notes by Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh : Abbotsford Club, 1858.
- Spence, Elizabeth Isabella . Letters from the North Highlands, During the Summer 1816. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817.
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Wilson, John, and Thomas Maclauchlan. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. Edinburgh: Fullarton, 1875. (pp. 187–88) googlebooks Retrieved 25 July 2008