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Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell 1508–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: AUG 1508

Birth Location: Carrick, Argyll, Scotland

Death Date: 1558

Death Location: Kilmun, Scotland

Father: Colin Campbell

Mother: Jean Gordon

Spouse(s): Helen, Hamilton, Margaret Graham

Children(s): Archibald, Campbell, Colin, Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Agnes Campbell, Janet Campbell

Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell was born in 1508 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland, the child of Colin Mailich 3Rd Earl Of Argyll Campbell And Jean Janet Gordon. Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell married Helen Of Arran Hamilton, Margaret Graham, and had children including Agnes Campbell, Archibald 5Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Archibald Thomas 5Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Colin 6Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Janet Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Mary Campbell. Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell passed away in 1558 in Kilmun, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell was born in 1508 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland, the child of Colin Mailich 3Rd Earl Of Argyll Campbell And Jean Janet Gordon.
  • Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell married Helen Of Arran Hamilton, Margaret Graham, and had children including Agnes Campbell, Archibald 5Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Archibald Thomas 5Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Colin 6Th Earl Of Argyll Campbell, Janet Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Mary Campbell.
  • Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell passed away in 1558 in Kilmun, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colin Campbell
1486–1529
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
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Jean Gordon
1479–1548
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland
JG

Spouses(s)

Helen, Hamilton
1515–1535
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Graham
1522–1546
Birth Location: Menteith, Perth, Scotland
MG

Children(s)

Archibald, Campbell
1530–1618
Birth Location: Lochnell, Ardchatton, Scotland
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Colin, Campbell
1542–1584
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Campbell
1546–1592
Birth Location: Doune, Perth, Scotland
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Archibald Campbell
1537–1573
Birth Location: –
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Agnes Campbell
1538–1601
Birth Location: Argyll, Scotland
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Janet Campbell
1541–1577
Birth Location: Argyle, Scotland
JC

Archibald, Campbell's Ancestors

Self
Archibald, Campbell
1508–1558
Birth Place: Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
Parents
Colin ( Mailich ), 3rd Earl of Argyll Campbell
1486–1529
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
Jean (( Janet )) Gordon
1479–1548
Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald, (2nd Earl of Argyll) Campbell
1455–1513
Castle Lochow, Argyll, Scotland
Elizabeth, (Lady) Stewart
1465–1529
Alexander, (3rd Earl of Huntly) Gordon
1460–1523
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Joanna (( Janet, Jean ) Countess of Huntly) Stewart
1461–1510
Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Colin, Campbell
1433–1493
Elizabeth Stewart
1419–1510
John, Stewart
1437–1512
Margaret, Douglas
1430–1475
George, )
1430–1503
Elizabeth, Hay
1449–1509
John, Stewart
1437–1512
Margaret, Douglas
1430–1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald, Campbell
1400–1440
Iain Stewart
1400–1463
Agnes MacDonald
1415–1442
James, Stewart
1394–1451
Joan, Plantagenet
1402–1445
Archibald, Douglas
1391–1439
Eupheme, Graham
1408–1486
Alexander, )
1410–1470
Elizabeth Erskine
1413–1479
William, Hay
1423–1461
Beatrice, Douglas
1429–1490
James, Stewart
1394–1451
Joan, Plantagenet
1402–1445
Archibald, Douglas
1391–1439
Eupheme, Graham
1408–1486

Archibald, Campbell's Descendants

1.
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Archibald, (the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland) Campbell (AUG 1508–1558) m. Helen, (of Arran) Hamilton (1515–1535) m. Margaret Graham (1522–1546)
  1. 1. Archibald, (5th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1530–1618 m. Jean, (Countess of Argyll) Stewart 1529–1588
    1. 1. Elspeth, (of Argyll) Campbell 1560–1660 m. John, (15th Baron of Arrochar, 12th Chief of) McFarlane 1567–1627
  2. 2. Colin, (6th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1542–1584 m. Agnes, (of Marischal, Countess of Moray) Keith 1530–1588
    1. 1. Archibald, (7th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1575–1638
      1. 1. Archibald, (1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1607–1661 m. Margaret Douglas 1610–1678
        1. 1. Archibald, (9th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1629–1685 m. Mary, (Countess of Argyll) Stewart 1615–1662 m. Anne, (Countess of Argyll) McKenzie 1627–1707
      2. 2. Anne Campbell 1594–1638 m. George, (2nd Marquess of Huntly) Gordon 1592–1648
        1. 1. Ann Gordon 1621–1656 m. James, (3rd Earl of Perth) Drummond 1615–1675
        2. 2. Lewis, (3rd Marquess of Huntly) Gordon 1619–1653 m. Mary, (Countess of Airlie) Grant 1624–1707
      3. 3. Annabel Campbell –1652 m. Robert, (2nd Earl of Lothian) Kerr 1592–1624
  3. 3. Margaret Campbell 1546–1592 m. James, (1st Lord Doune) Stewart 1529–1590
    1. 1. Mary Stewart 1563–1622 m. John Wemyss 1558–1622
      1. 1. Isobel, (Baroness Lovat) Wemyss 1588–1636 m. Hugh, (7th Lord Lovat) Fraser 1591–1646
        1. 1. Katherine, (of Lovat, Countess Arbuthnot) Fraser 1619–1663 m. Robert, (1st Viscount of) Arbuthnot 1617–1655 m. John, (of Geanies and Dunbeath) Sinclair 1615– m. Andrew, (3rd Lord) Fraser –1674
        2. 2. Mary (( Marie ), of Lovat) Fraser 1617–1646 m. Andrew, (1st Laird of Balblair) Ross 1619–1678 m. David, (12th of Balnagowan, 16th Chief of Clan) Ross 1619–1653
        3. 3. Anne, (of Lovat, Countess of Sutherland) Fraser 1619–1658 m. John, (14th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon 1608–1663
        4. 4. Simon, (of Lovat) Fraser 1621–1640
        5. 5. Hugh, (8th Lord Lovat) Fraser 1643–1672 m. Anne MacKenzie –1670
        6. 6. Alexander, (of Lovat) Fraser 1626–1671
        7. 7. Isabel Fraser 1628–
        8. 8. Thomas, (of Beaufort, 10th Lord Lovat) Fraser 1631–1699 m. Sibylla, (of Raasay) McLeod 1635–1682
        9. 9. William Fraser 1632–1639
        10. 10. James Fraser 1633–1657
      2. 2. Cecilia Wemyss 1582–1604 m. William, (2nd Earl of Tullibardine) Murray 1574–1627
      3. 3. John (Charteris, 1st Earl) Wemyss 1586–1649 m. Jean Gray 1588–1640
        1. 1. David, (2nd Earl) Wemyss 1610–1679 m. Anna (Jean) Balfour 1611–1649 m. Eleanor Fleming 1616–1652 m. Margaret, (Countess of Eglinton) Leslie 1620–1688
    2. 2. James, (The Bonnie Earl, 2nd Lord Doune, 2nd Earl of Moray) Stewart 1568–1592 m. Elizabeth, (Countess of Moray) Stewart 1561–1591
      1. 1. James, (3rd Earl of Moray) Stewart 1582–1638 m. Anne, (Countess of Huntly) Gordon 1590–1674
        1. 1. James, (4th Earl of Moray) Stewart 1608–1653 m. Margaret Home 1607–1683
      2. 2. Grizel Stewart 1584–1638 m. Robert, (of that Ilk, 1st Bt) Innes 1584–1658
        1. 1. Jean Innes 1628–1653 m. Alexander, (1st Lord Duffus) Sutherland 1621–1674
        2. 2. James, (Laird of Lichnett) Innes 1625– m. Isobel Ross 1637–
  4. 4. Archibald (Thomas, 5th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1537–1573
  5. 5. Agnes Campbell 1538–1601
  6. 6. Janet Campbell 1541–1577

Archibald, Campbell's Timeline

3 Records

1508
AUG 1508
Birth of Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
1558
18 JUL 1558
Age 50
Death of Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell in Dulnynn, Scotland
Dulnynn, Scotland
1558
1558
Age 50
Burial of Archibald, the Red, 4th Earl of Argyll, Lord Chancellor of Scotland Campbell in Kilmun, Scotland
Kilmun, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: AUG 1508
    Event Place: Carrick, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 JUL 1558
    Event Place: Dulnynn, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Kilmun, Scotland
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