Colin (Campbell) Campbell of Glenurchy 2nd Bt (abt. 1574 - abt. 1640)

Born about 1574 in Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 6 Sep 1640 at about age 66 in Balloch, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Colin (Campbell) Campbell of Glenurchy 2nd Bt is a member of Clan Campbell.

Colin was born about 1577. He was the son of Duncan Campbell and Janet Stewart. He died on 6 September 1640, without issue.

He married Juliana Campbell, daughter of Hugh Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun and Margaret Gordon, circa 1600.

He repaired and extended the family castles.^[1] He repaired and extended Balloch Castle (built in 1552, demolished by the Campbells of Breadalbane in the early 19th century, and a much larger Taymouth Castle rebuilt on the site).^[2]

He succeeded his father as the eighth laird, 2nd Baronet Campbell, of Glenorchy, on 23 June 1631.

In 1633 he commissioned an artist (name unknown, referred to as "the German painter") to supply him with a series of forty-one portraits of Scottish kings and queens as well as portraits of eight of his own male predecessors. These were for the decoration of his house of Balloch (later Taymouth Castle).^[3]

Then he was a patron of George Jamesone, the celebrated portrait painter. Colin commissioned George Jamesone to paint eight portraits of wives of lairds, as well as the family tree of the house of Glenorchy, eight feet long by five broad.^[4]

Research Notes

Note that the tree on Familysearch (sighted in October 2021) is incorrect. Also there are several trees on Ancestry.com which are incorrect.

There is no evidence that he had children, and I have unlinked Elizabeth Campbell

- Heather Stevens October 2021

Sources

1. ↑ Burke's Peerage 2003 volume 1, page 493 cited in the peerage.com.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2021, May 1). Sir Colin Campbell, 2nd Baronet. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:10, October 17, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Colin_Campbell,_2nd_Baronet&oldid=1020850623
3. ↑ Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, 1577 - 1640, National Galleries of Scotland https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/22744/sir-colin-campbell-glenorchy-1577-1640
4. ↑ The Scottish Nation, Breadalbane, Electric Scotland website https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/breadalbane.htm

• Johnston, G. Harvey. The Heraldry of the Campbells. Edinburgh, 1920, Vol 1. https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.geni.com/p13/a1/0a/6d/60/5344483fdf595eac/heraldry_of_the_campbells_original.pdf
• George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 283. https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524382/page/n301/mode/2up?view=theater
• https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Colin-Campbell-of-Glenorchy-2nd-Baronet/6000000008630789428
• The Campbell of Glenorchy Family Tree by George Jamesone , National Galleries Scotland https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/24093/campbell-glenorchy-family-tree
• Thomson, Duncan. "Life and art of George Jameson". PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh 1969. https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/17685