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Colin "The Grey" Campbell 1499–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1499

Birth Location: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Apr 1583

Death Location: Killin, Stirling, Scotland

Father: Colin Campbell

Mother: Marjory Stewart

Spouse(s): Katherine Ruthven

Children(s): Duncan Campbell, Lady Duart, Lady Duart, Beatrice Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Robert Graham

The story of Colin "The Grey" Campbell began in 1499 in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland. Colin "The Grey" Campbell married Katherine Ruthven, and had children including Archibald Gillespick Of Dow Campbell, Beatrice Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Lady Margaret Campbell Baroness Duart, Lady Mary Campbell Baroness Of Duart, Robert Graham. Colin "The Grey" Campbell passed away in 1583 in Killin, Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Colin "The Grey" Campbell began in 1499 in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland.
  • Colin "The Grey" Campbell married Katherine Ruthven, and had children including Archibald Gillespick Of Dow Campbell, Beatrice Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Lady Margaret Campbell Baroness Duart, Lady Mary Campbell Baroness Of Duart, Robert Graham.
  • Colin "The Grey" Campbell passed away in 1583 in Killin, Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colin Campbell
1467–1523
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Marjory Stewart
1500–1524
Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Ruthven
1526–1580
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Duncan Campbell
1550–1631
Birth Location: Lochgilphead, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Lady Duart
1571–1606
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Lady Duart
1550–1609
Birth Location: Glenorchy Lorn or, Argyll, Scotland
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Beatrice Campbell
1549–1619
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
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Archibald Campbell
1545–1630
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
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Robert Graham
1543–1575
Birth Location: , , , Scotland
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Colin Campbell's Ancestors

Self
Colin Campbell
1499–1583
Birth Place: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
Parents
Colin Campbell
1467–1523
Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
Marjory Stewart
1500–1524
Balveny, Fifeshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (John, 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart
1440–1512
Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
Eleanor Sinclair
1457–1518
Castle Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Stewart
1570–1590
Elizabeth Hamilton
1570–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
–1495

Colin Campbell's Descendants

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Colin ("The Grey") Campbell (1499–11 Apr 1583) m. Katherine Ruthven (27 Jan 1526–Sep 1580)
  1. 1. Duncan Campbell 1550–1631 m. Jean Stewart 1557–1593
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Campbell, 9th of Glenorchy, 3rd) Baronet 1575–1657 m. Lady (Isabel MacKintosh Baroness) Campbell 1583–1667
      1. 1. John Campbell 1606–1686
      2. 2. Duncan Campbell 1607–1630
      3. 3. Colin Campbell 1616–1668
      4. 4. Robert Campbell 1618–1630
      5. 5. William Campbell 1621–1648
      6. 6. James Campbell 1610–1642
      7. 7. Alexander Campbell 1629–1671
      8. 8. Duncan Campbell 1631–1703
      9. 9. John Campbell 1625–1677
      10. 10. Jean ("of Glenorchy") Campbell 1612–1642
      11. 11. Mary (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1617–1685
      12. 12. Robert (Bruce) Campbell 1605–1684
      13. 13. (Lady) (Julian Campbell* (Baroness) Duart) 1611–1630 m. Sir (Murdock McClean Barron of) Duart 1605–1635
        1. 1. Jane MacLean 1635–1670 m. John Murray 1631–1703
        2. 2. Sophia (Amelia Anna Stanley) 7THGGM 1633–1702
      14. 14. William Campbell 1610–1648
      15. 15. Sir (John) Campbell 1625–1716
      16. 16. Juliana Campbell 1599–
      17. 17. Janet (Shearer) Fraser 1600–1642
      18. 18. Agnes (Anne) Campbell 1615–1654
      19. 19. Katherine Campbell 1630–1695
      20. 20. Beatrix Campbell 1645–
      21. 21. Isabel Campbell 1627–1663
      22. 22. Marjory Campbell 1629–1660
    2. 2. Julianna (Egidia) Campbell 1604–
    3. 3. Sir (Colin "8th Laird of Glenarchy - 2nd Baronet") Campbell 1577–1640
    4. 4. Lady (Jean, Duchess of Atholl,) Campbell 1610–1642
      1. 1. John Murray 1631–1703
        1. 1. John Murray 1660–1724 m. Catherine Hamilton 1662–1707
    5. 5. Agnes Plyston 1572–1643
    6. 6. John (Secondus) Campbell 1600–1631
    7. 7. Jane Campbell 1573–1622
    8. 8. Duncan (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1591–1618
    9. 9. Robert Campbell 1582–1657
    10. 10. James (Archibald) Campbell 1589–1665
    11. 11. John Campbell 1582–1618
    12. 12. Margaret Campbell 1574–1598
    13. 13. Tuliaus Campbell 1578–
    14. 14. Archibald, (of Lagvinshoch and Monzie, 7th Earl of Argyll,) Campbell 1576–1640
    15. 15. Anne Campbell 1585–1647
    16. 16. Elizabeth Campbell 1593–1660
    17. 17. Margaret (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1570–1598
    18. 18. Isabel Mackintosh 1583–1667
    19. 19. Janet (Campbell) MacFarlane 1600–1642
    20. 20. William Campbell 1602–1616
    21. 21. Patrick Campbell 1592–1678
    22. 22. Duncan (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1578–1618
    23. 23. Elizabeth Campbell 1580–1660
    24. 24. Colin Campbell 1575–1666
    25. 25. Jean Campbell 1576–1622
    26. 26. Alexander Campbell 1589–1608
    27. 27. Elizabeth CAMPBELL 1572–1660
    28. 28. Patrick Campbell 1598–1645
    29. 29. Margaret (Drummond) Campbell 1570–1598
    30. 30. Agnes (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1586–1611
    31. 31. Patrick Campbell 1592–1678
  2. 2. Lady (Mary Campbell, Baroness of) Duart 1571–1606
  3. 3. Lady (Margaret Campbell, Baroness) Duart 1550–1609 m. James Cunningham 1550–1630
  4. 4. Beatrice Campbell 1549–1619
  5. 5. Archibald (Gillespick of Dow) Campbell 1545–1630
  6. 6. Robert Graham 1543–1575

Colin Campbell's Timeline

2 Records

1499
1499
Birth of Colin "The Grey" Campbell in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
1583
11 Apr 1583
Age 84
Death of Colin "The Grey" Campbell in Balloch, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Balloch, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1499
    Event Place: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1583
    Event Place: Balloch, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Killin, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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