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Family and Education
b. c. 1607, 1st s. of Archibald Campbell, 7th earl of Argyll [S], and Agnes, da. of William Douglas, 8th earl of Morton [S]. educ. St Andrews Univ. 15 Jan. 1622. m. 1626, Margaret (d. 13 Mar. 1678), da. of William Douglas, 9th earl of Morton [S], 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 1638. cr. marquess of Argyll, 15 Nov. 1641. exec. 27 May 1661.CP; J. Willcock, The Great Marquess (1903), 10-18; A.I. Macinnes, The British Confederate: Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, c.1607-1661 (Edinburgh, 2011), 1, 68.
Offices Held

Scottish: justice gen. 1625–8. PC, 12 June 1628–51. Extraordinary ld. of session, 14 Jan. 1634–?CP. Ld. of articles, 31 Aug. 1639–1651.Acts Parl. Scot. v. 253. Member, cttee. of estates, 26 Aug. 1643–1651;Acts Parl. Scot. vi, pt. 1, pp. 57, 212, 380; pt. 2, pp. 102, 536. cttee. of war, 10 Jan. 1645, 10 July 1645;Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 1, pp. 287, 431. cttee. for dispatches, 1 Dec. 1645, 23 May 1649–51.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 1, p. 477; pt. 2, pp. 379, 563.

Local: hereditary sheriff, Argyllshire 1638–d.Dow, Cromwellian Scot. 182. Member, cttee. of war, Dunbartonshire and Inverness-shire 26 Aug. 1643.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 51–2.

Military: cdr. of forces sent against marquess of Huntly, 16 Apr. 1644. 1645 – ?June 1648Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 1, p. 89. Col. by Aug., 15 Feb. 1649-Sept. 1651.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 1, pp. 449, 494, 673; vi. pt. 2, pp. 92, 186.

Parlimentarian
CAMPBELL, Archibald, 8th earl and 1st marquess of Argyll [S] (c.1607-61), of Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire.
: 8th earl and 1st marquess of Argyll [S] (c.1607-61), of Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire. 1607 – 61.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, ?A. de Calone, c.1627;Photograph, Scottish NPG. oils, L. Schuneman, 1632;Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway. oils, ?G. Jameson, c.1633;Private colln. oil on canvas, D. Scougall, c.1655;Photograph, Scottish NPG. oil on canvas, aft. D. Scougall;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1650s;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1661.A. Campbell, 1st marquess of Argyll, Instruction to a Son (1661), frontispiece.

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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CAMPBELL, Archibald, 8th earl and 1st marquess of Argyll [S] (c.1607-61), of Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire.

Will
attainted, 25 May 1661.CP.
Estates
inherited fa.’s estates in Argyllshire and Dunbartonshire under grant of 1633, confirmed 1638; inherited estates of half-bro. James Campbell, earl of Irvine, in Sept. 1645; granted estates of marquess of Huntly after his execution in Mar. 1649, and, as principal creditor, controlled Huntly estates in Lochaber, Badenoch, Morayshire, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, 1649-60.Willcock, Great Marquess, 20, 23, 226-7; CP.
Oxford 1644
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