CAMPBELL, John (1634-1717) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 29 May 1634, 1st s. of Sir John Campbell, 4th bt., of Glenorchy, and 1st w. Mary, da. of William Graham, 7th earl of Menteith [S]. m. (1) 17 Dec. 1657 (with £5,000), Mary (d. 8 Feb. 1666), da. of Henry Rich^†, earl of Holland, 2s.; (2) 7 Apr. 1678, Mary (d. 4 Feb. 1691), da. of Archibald Campbell, mq. of Argyll [S], wid. of George Sinclair, 6th earl of Caithness [S], 1s. d.v.p.; ?(3) Mildred Littler (d.1746), 1da. (?illegit.). suc. fa. as 5th bt. June 1686. d. 19 Mar. 1717.

Offices Held

PC [S] 1685 – 88, 1692 – 96, 1703 – 08; commr. treasury [S] 1692 – 96, auditing accts. of treasury [S] 1694, 1695, justiciary, Highlands [S] 1702. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 166, 167; 1694–5, p. 445; 1702–3, pp. 353, 571.

Lt.-col. of ft. Perth 1689. Douglas, Scots Peerage, ii. 204.

Commr. supply Argyll 1667.

Parlimentarian

CAMPBELL, John (1634-1717)

Associated with: Stronmillochan, Argyll; Taymouth Castle, Kenmore, Perth.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by J.B. de Medina, 1696, National Galleries of Scotland, PG995.

Author

Townend, Graham

Adams, Beverly

Hayton, David

Volume