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Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 1508 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1508

Birth Location: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 July 1558

Death Location: Dulnynn

Father: Sir Campbell,

Mother: Marjory Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Hamilton,, Lady Graham,, Elizabeth Grant

Children(s): Archibald Campbell,, Donald Campbell, Sir Campbell,, Lady Campbell, John Campbell

The story of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation began in 1508 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation married Lady Helen Hamilton,, Lady Margaret Graham,, Elizabeth Grant, and had children including Archibald Campbell,, Donald Campbell, Sir Colin Campbell,, Lady Margaret Anne Campbell, John Campbell. Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation passed away in 1558 in Dulnynn.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation began in 1508 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation married Lady Helen Hamilton,, Lady Margaret Graham,, Elizabeth Grant, and had children including Archibald Campbell,, Donald Campbell, Sir Colin Campbell,, Lady Margaret Anne Campbell, John Campbell.
  • Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation passed away in 1558 in Dulnynn.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Campbell,
1486 – 1529
Birth Location: Glenorchy Castle, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marjory Stewart
1479 – 1524
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Hamilton,
1529 – 1590
Birth Location: Clydesdale, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
LH
Lady Graham,
1522 – 1558
Birth Location: Menteith, Perthshire, Schotland
LG
Elizabeth Grant
Birth Location: –
EG

Children(s)

Archibald Campbell,
1532 – 1573
Birth Location: Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
AC
Donald Campbell
1542 – 1605
Birth Location: Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
DC
Sir Campbell,
1542 – 1584
Birth Location: Gargunnock, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Lady Campbell
1545 – 1572
Birth Location: Doune Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland
LC
John Campbell
1540 – 1591
Birth Location: Scotland
JC

Sir Campbell,'s Ancestors

Self
Sir Campbell,
1508 – 1558
Birth Place: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Colin 'Cailen Malloch' Campbell,
1486 – 1529
Glenorchy Castle, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marjory Stewart
1479 – 1524
Castle Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Duncan) Campbell,
1455 – 1513
Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Angus) Douglas,
1456 – 1482
Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland
John (I 'The Hearty' Stewart of) Balveny,
1439 – 1512
Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Beatrix (Margaret 'The Fair Maid of Galloway') Douglas,
1430 – 1473
Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Campbell,
1425 – 1475
Janet Stewart,
1430 – 1489
James Stewart,
1399 – 1451
Joan Beaufort,
1406 – 1445
Archibald Douglas,
1390 – 1439
Lady Graham,
1408 – 1468
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Campbell,
1390 – 1454
Lady Stewart,
1397 – 1460
John Stewart,
1397 – 1463
Lady McDougal,
1408 – 1463
John Stewart,
1350 – 1421
Isabel MacDougall,
1355 – 1439
John Beaufort,
1371 – 1410
Margaret Holand,
1385 – 1440
Archibald Douglas,
1370 – 1424
Margaret Stewart,
1375 – 1450
Sir Graham,
1382 – 1413
Euphemia Stewart,
1375 – 1434

Sir Campbell,'s Descendants

1.
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Sir (Archibald "Gillespie Roy") Campbell, (1 Aug 1508 – 18 July 1558) m. Lady (Helen) Hamilton, (27 August 1529 – 19 Mar 1590) m. Lady (Margaret) Graham, (1522 – 1558) m. Elizabeth Grant
  1. 1. Archibald Campbell, (1532 – 12 Sep 1573)
  2. 2. Donald Campbell (1542 – 1605)
  3. 3. Sir (Colin) Campbell, (1542 – 10 September 1584) m. Anne (Agnes (Annabel) Keith) Campbell, (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
    1. 1. Archibald ("Gillesbuig Grumach") Campbell, (1576 – Oct 1638) m. Lady (Anne Agnes) Douglas, (1574 – 3 May 1607) m. Anne Cornwallis (1589 – 12 Jan 1634)
      1. 1. Anne Campbell (1593 – 14 Jun 1638) m. George Gordon, (1591 – 30 March 1649)
        1. 1. James Gordon ( – 1649)
        2. 2. Charles (Earl of Aboyne) Gordon
      2. 2. Archibald (Duncan) Campbell, (1598 – 27 May 1661) m. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1610 – 11 May 1677)
        1. 1. Archibald Campbell, (26 Feb 1629 – 30 Jun 1685) m. Lady (Mary Ann) Stewart, (21 July 1629 – 15 May 1668) m. Anna ("Anne" MacKenzie) , (1627 – 2 May 1707)
        2. 2. Neil Campbell (1630 – Apr 1692)
    2. 2. Jane Campbell,
    3. 3. Colin Campbell,
  4. 4. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell (1545 – 5 May 1572) m. James Stewart, (1529 – 20 Jul 1590)
    1. 1. Janet Stewart (1565 – 15 Jul 1622) m. John Hamilton, (1560 – 1619)
      1. 1. David Hamilton (1590 – 1641) m. Marion Campbell (1595 – 1645)
        1. 1. Thomas Hamilton (1610 – )
        2. 2. James Hamilton (11 Oct 1612 – 9 Oct 1966 or 1667) m. Bessie Wilson (1612 – aft 1643) m. Isobell Corbet (14 Sep 1610-1613 – 10 Feb 1672)
        3. 3. Alexander Hamilton (1615 – 20 Nov 1661) m. Lady (Jean) Douglas (1616 – 1669) m. Elizabeth Crawford (1620 – 1679)
      2. 2. James Hamilton (1590 – 1640) m. Agnes Laidlaw (1570 – 1645)
        1. 1. Alexander Hamilton (1615 – 1662)
      3. 3. Thomas Hamilton (1591 – 1645)
    2. 2. Henry Stewart, (1565 – Dec 1609)
    3. 3. James ("The Bonnie Earl") Stuart, (1568 – 7 Feb 1592) m. Elizabeth Stewart, (Aug 1565 – 18 Nov 1591)
      1. 1. Lord (James) Stewart, (1582 – 6 Aug 1638) m. Anna Gordon (1590 – 1674)
        1. 1. James Stuart, (25 Jun 1608 – 4 Mar 1652) m. Anna Hope (1608 – 1649) m. Lady (Margaret) Home
        2. 2. Symon (Renfro) Stewart, (1613 – 1690)
      2. 2. Grizel Stewart (1584 – 1649)
      3. 3. Mary Stewart (1587 – Dec 1662)
      4. 4. Margaret Stuart, (1591 – 4 Aug 1639) m. Charles Howard, (Dec 1535 – 13 Dec 1624) m. William Monson, ( – 1672)
        1. 1. Charles Howard, (25 Dec 1610 – 26 Apr 1681) m. Arabella Smith (1612 – 16 Jan 1682)
        2. 2. Ann Howard, (ABT 1612 – bef June 1633) m. Alexander Stewart (1602 – 1639)
      5. 5. Francis Stewart, (1591 – )
    4. 4. Jean Stewart (1578 – 1 July 1622)
  5. 5. John Campbell (1540 – Feb 1591)

Sir Campbell,'s Timeline

5 Records

1508
1 Aug 1508
Birth of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation in Lochnell House, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
Lochnell House, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
1508
1 Aug 1508
Birth of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
1541
21 Sep 1541
Age 33
Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation was married
None
1558
18 July 1558
Age 50
Death of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation in Dulnynn, Scotland
Dulnynn, Scotland
1558
18 July 1558
Age 50
Death of Sir Archibald "Gillespie Roy" Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Gaelic nickname "Caimbeul", meaning "wry (or crooked) mouth", influenced by John Knox\Scottish Reformation 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] Web: 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, 1500-2000

    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] Web: 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: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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