Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Seventh Earl of Argyll (abt. 1575 - 1638)

Born about 1575 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Cornwallis) Campbell — married 30 Nov 1610 (to 1635) in St Botolph Bishopsgate, City of London, England

Descendants

Died 1638 at about age 63 in Scotland

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Biography

Sir Archibald Campbell was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Archibald Campbell, the 7th Earl of Argyll, also called "Gillesbuig Grumach", was a Scottish politician and distinguished military leader. ^[1][2]

Archibald Campbell was born around 1575. He was the son of Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll and Joan Stewart. ^[2]

His nickname, "Gillesbuig Grumach" is the Gaelic for Archibald the Grim. This presumably originates from his wife Lady Agnes Douglas, daughter of the Earl of Morton, and after their 14th century ancestor, Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas. ^[1]

Family

Archibald first married Lady Agnes Douglas. They had the following children:

• Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll+^[3][2] b. bt Aug 1605 - Apr 1607, d. 27 May 1661

• Lady Anne Campbell+ b. 1594, d. 14 Jun 1638, who married George, second Marquis of Huntly. ^[3] They had issue. ^[2]
• Lady Annabella Campbell+^[3] d. 1652, who married Robert Kerr, Second Earl Lothian. They had issue. ^[2]
• Jean, who married to John Gordon, first Viscount Kenmure. They had issue. ^[2]
• Mary, who married to Sir Robert Montgomery of Sklemorly. They had issue. ^[2]

Secondly he married Anne Cornwallis, daughter of Robert Cornwallis. ^[2] They had two children:

• James, who was created Lord Kintyre in 1622 and later Earl of Irvine. he died without issue. ^[2]
• Mary, married James, Lord Rollo ^[2]

Marriage: 30 Nov 1608 Anne Cornwallis, daughter of Sir William Cornwallis, Knight, to Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyll, per lic. exoffi.. Mr Kempe, in the presence of those as follows: Sir Edward Cecil, knight, Sir John Gryne, knight, Mr Robert Bacon Esq., the Ladye Bond and her gentlewoman, Mrs Elizabeth Gosson, and Mistress Elizabeth Gosson, her daughter, Mr Christopher Nendicke, Gentleman, and dyvers others. St Botolph Bishopsgate. ^[4]

Timeline

• 1594 - He had commanded royal troops in the Battle of Glenlivet against Catholic Rebels, especially the Gordons of Huntly and Earl or Errol. ^[2][1]
• 1603 - He fought the MacGregors ^[2]
• 1614 - He suppressed an insurrection by the MacDonalds in the western islands. ^[2]
• 1617 - For his military efforts and prowess in support of the crown, he received the lands of Kintyre. ^[2]
• 1618 - Archibald Campbell converted to Roman Catholicism, the religion of his wife, from Presbyterianism. ^[1]
• 1618 - He went to Spain and served the Scottish crown for many years.
• 1619 - He surrendered his estates to his son, Archibald Campbell. ^[1]
• 1624 - He was made a knight of the Golden Fleece in 1624. ^[1]
• 1638 - Campbell died in London. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, WIkipedia, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Campbell,_7th_Earl_of_Argyll
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} The house of Argyll and the collateral branches of the Clan Campbell, from the year 420 to the present time (1871), p 41, https://archive.org/stream/houseofargyllcol00glas#page/41/mode/1up
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, page 146.
4. ↑ Published register of St Botolph Bishopsgate, 1558-1753. London, England, Selected Church of England Parish Registers, 1558-1875 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3067/images/0986-a00048?ssrc=&backlabel=Return

See also:

• John Callow, ‘Campbell, Archibald, seventh earl of Argyll (1575/6–1638)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2011 accessed 29 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
• Prebble, John, The Lion in the North: one thousand years of Scotland's history, London, 1971
• "Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll", ThePeerage.com, http://www.thepeerage.com/p1668.htm#i16671
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon02.php