Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
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Gillespie Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.
[edit] Biography
Archibald was the eldest son of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Isabel Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorn. He was made Master of the Royal Household of James IV of Scotland on 24 March 1495.[1] After a crisis of law and order in the west of Scotland, Archibald was made governor of Tarbert Castle and Baillie of Knapdale, and this was followed by an appointment as Royal Lieutenant in the former Lordship of the Isles on 22 April 1500.[2] Archibald eventually rose to the position of Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. His "clan" was rivalled only by Clan Gordon.
The Earls of Argll were hereditary Sheriffs of Lorne and Argyll. However, a draft record of the 1504 Parliament of Scotland records a move to request Archibald to hold his Sherriff Court at Perth, where the King and his council could more easily oversee proceedings, if the Earl was found at fault. The historian Norman Macdougall suggests this clause may have been provoked by Archibald's kinship with Torquil MacLeod and MacLean of Duart.[3] These western chiefs supported the suppressed Lordship of the Isles.
Archibald was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, with his brother-in-law the Earl of Lennox and his king.
[edit] Family
His wife Elizabeth, who was a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, bore him nine children, including Colin Campbell, and Donald Campbell the Abbot of Coupar Angus. A daughter Margaret married John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine.
[edit] References
- ^ Macdougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 107, citing Register of the Great Seal, vol. 2, no. 2240.
- ^ Macdougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 178, citing Register of the Privy Seal, vol. 1, nos. 413, 513, 520.
- ^ MacDougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 184-5, citing Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol. 2, (1814), 241.
- Macdougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997)
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| Preceded by Colin Campbell |
Earl of Argyll 1493–1513 |
Succeeded by Colin Campbell |
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