CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD [SSNE 5035]
- Surname
- CAMPBELL
- First name
- ARCHIBALD
- Title/rank
- 10TH EARL OF ARGYLL, 1ST DUKE OF ARGYLL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- ARGYLL
- Social status
- NOBILITY
- Religion
- PRESBYTERIAN AND BRIEFLY CATHOLIC CONVERT
Text source
Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl and 1st Duke of Argyll arrived as a refugee in the Dutch Republic during the Killing Times in Scotland. He tried to hold on to his estates by embracing Catholicism and offering to oppose his father's invasion. He therfore left for the Dutch Republic and thereafter accompanied William of Orange on his British Expedition in 1688-1689. Once in Scotland he took his place in the Scottish Convention of Estates as Earl of Argyll. He also undertook to extirpate the MacDonalds of Glencoe in 1692. He was created Duke of Argyll in June 1701.See Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage (8 vols., 1904-1911), I, p.368; DNB.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, COURT OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE
- Arrived 1686-01-01
- Departed 1688-12-31
- Capacity REFUGEE, COURTIER, ADVISOR, purpose MILITARY