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Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll 1508–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1508

Birth Location: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 July 1558

Death Location: Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Father: Sir Glenorchy

Mother: Lady Argyll

Spouse(s): Margaretha Graham, Lady Argyll

Children(s): Lady Campbell, John Campbell, Archibald Argyll, Colin Argyll, Donald Campbell

Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll was born in 1508 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Colin Cailen Malloch Campbell 3Rd Lord Of Glenorchy And Lady Jean Clan Gordon Countess Of Argyll. Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll married Elizabeth Grant, Lady Helen Hamilton 1St Wife Countess Argyll, Margaretha Graham, and had children including Archibald Campbell 5Th Earl Of Argyll, Colin Campbell 6Th Earl Of Argyll, Donald Campbell, John Campbell, Lady Margaret Anne Campbell. Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll passed away in 1558 in Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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  • Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll was born in 1508 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Colin Cailen Malloch Campbell 3Rd Lord Of Glenorchy And Lady Jean Clan Gordon Countess Of Argyll.
  • Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll married Elizabeth Grant, Lady Helen Hamilton 1St Wife Countess Argyll, Margaretha Graham, and had children including Archibald Campbell 5Th Earl Of Argyll, Colin Campbell 6Th Earl Of Argyll, Donald Campbell, John Campbell, Lady Margaret Anne Campbell.
  • Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll passed away in 1558 in Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Archibald Argyll's Ancestors

Self
Archibald Argyll
1508–1558
Birth Place: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Colin 'Cailen Malloch' Campbell, 3rd Lord of Glenorchy
1486–1529
Glenorchy Castle, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Jean Clan Gordon, Countess of) Argyll
1479–1530
Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Duncan Campbell, 2nd Earl of Glenorchy, Bailie of Discher and) Toyer
1455–1513
Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Angus Douglas, Baroness) Campbell
1456–1482
Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland
Alexander (Gordon, 3rd Earl of) Huntly
–1524
England
Janet (Jean) Stewart
1468–1510
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Duntroon
1425–1475
Janet Campbell
1430–1489
George Scotland
1434–1501
Annabella Huntley
1432–1509
John Scotland
1439–1512
Beatrix Douglas
1430–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Duncan Lochow
1390–1454
Lady Campbell
1397–1460
John Scotland
1397–1463
Lady Lorn
1408–1463
Sir Cluny
1410–1470
Lady Huntly
1410–1479
James Scots
1394–1437
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
James Lorn
1399–1451
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
Archibald Douglas
1390–1439
Lady Graham
1408–1468

Archibald Argyll's Descendants

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Archibald (II Campbell, 4th Earl of) Argyll (1 Aug 1508–18 July 1558) m. Margaretha Graham (1522–1558) m. Lady (Helen Hamilton, 1st wife, Countess) Argyll (27 August 1529–19 Mar 1590)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell 1545–1572 m. James (Stewart, 1st Lord of) Doune 1529–1590
    1. 1. Janet Stewart 1565–1622 m. John (Hamilton, This Hamilton line goes to) Maryland 1560–1619
      1. 1. David Hamilton 1590–1641 m. Marion Campbell 1595–1645
        1. 1. Alexander Hamilton 1615–1661 m. Elizabeth Crawford 1620–1679 m. Lady (Jean) Douglas 1616–1669
        2. 2. Thomas Hamilton 1610–
        3. 3. James Hamilton 1612–1966 m. Isobell Corbet 1610–1672 m. Bessie Wilson 1612–1643
      2. 2. Thomas Hamilton 1591–1645
      3. 3. James Hamilton 1590–1640 m. Agnes Laidlaw 1570–1645
        1. 1. Alexander Hamilton 1615–1662
    2. 2. James ("The Bonnie Earl" Stuart, 2nd Earl of Doune &) Moray 1568–1592 m. Elizabeth (Stewart, 2nd Countess of) Moray 1565–1591
      1. 1. Margaret (Stuart) Stewart 1591–1639 m. Charles (Howard, High Admiral who defeated Spanish Armada in 1588, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Uncle via Margaret Howard () Henson) 1535–1624 m. William (Monson, 1st Viscount) Monson –1672
        1. 1. Charles (Howard, 4th Earl of Nottingham, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham, no) issue 1610–1681 m. Arabella Smith 1612–1682
        2. 2. Ann (Howard, Lady) Garlies 1612–1633 m. Alexander (Stewart Baron of) Garlies 1602–1639
      2. 2. Mary Stewart 1587–1662
      3. 3. Lord (James Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Moray 1582–1638 m. Anna Gordon 1590–1674
        1. 1. James (Stuart, 4th Earl van Moray, Lord Provosts of) Edinburgh 1608–1652 m. Anna Hope 1608–1649
        2. 2. Symon (Renfro) Stewart, 1613–1690
      4. 4. Grizel Stewart 1584–1649
      5. 5. Francis (Stewart, Knight of the Order of the) Bath 1591–
    3. 3. Jean Stewart 1578–1622
    4. 4. Henry (Stewart, 1st Lord St.) Colme 1565–1609
  2. 2. John Campbell 1540–1591
  3. 3. Archibald (Campbell, 5th Earl of) Argyll 1532–1573
  4. 4. Colin (Campbell, 6th Earl of) Argyll 1542–1584 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588
    1. 1. Archibald ("Gillesbuig Grumach" Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader,) knight 1576–1638 m. Anne Cornwallis 1589–1634 m. Lady (Anne Agnes Douglas, Countess of) Morton 1574–1607
      1. 1. Archibald (Duncan Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, leader of) Covenanters 1598–1661 m. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1610–1677
        1. 1. Archibald (Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, Royalist) supporter 1629–1685 m. Anna ("Anne" MacKenzie , Countess of Balcarr) (Lindsay)(Campbell) 1627–1707 m. Lady (Mary Ann Stewart, Countess of) Argyll 1629–1668
        2. 2. Neil Campbell 1630–1692
      2. 2. Anne Campbell 1593–1638 m. George (Gordon, Marquis of) Huntly 1591–1649
        1. 1. James Gordon –1649
  5. 5. Donald Campbell 1542–1605

Archibald Argyll's Timeline

5 Records

1508
1 Aug 1508
Birth of Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll in Lochnell House, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
Lochnell House, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
1508
1 Aug 1508
Birth of Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
1541
21 Sep 1541
Age 33
Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll was married
None
1558
18 July 1558
Age 50
Death of Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll in Dulnynn, Scotland
Dulnynn, Scotland
1558
18 July 1558
Age 50
Death of Archibald II Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll in Dulnynn
Dulnynn

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1508
    Event Place: Lochnell House, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1508
    Event Place: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1541
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 July 1558
    Event Place: Dulnynn, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 03; Page: 765
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 July 1558
    Event Place: Dulnynn

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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