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CAPEL, Hon. Sir Henry (1638-96), of Kew, Surr.

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bap. 6 Mar. 1638, 3rd s. of Arthur Capel†, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (d. 1649), by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Bt.†, of Cassiobridge, Herts. m. settlement 16 Feb. 1659, Dorothy (d. 1721), da. and coh. of Richard Bennet of Chancery Lane, London and Kew, s.p. KB 23 Apr. 1661; cr. Baron Capell of Tewkesbury 11 Apr. 1692.
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Steward of Ogmore, Glam. 1662–93; chief steward, manor of Richmond 1690–?92; high steward, Tewkesbury by 1695–d.; freeman, Dublin 1695. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 228; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 627, 1682–3; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 462; Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin ed. Gilbert, vi. 103.

PC [I] 1673–85, 1693–d.; ld. of Admiralty 1679–80; PC 21 Apr. 1679–31 Jan. 1680, 14 Feb. 1689–d.; ld. of Treasury 1689–90; ld. justice [I] 1693– May 1695, ld. dep. [I] May 1695–d.; commr. appeals in prizes 1694–d. CSP Dom. 1693, p. 134; 1694–5, pp. 204, 460; 1695, pp. 111–12, 331.

Gov. Society of Mineral and Battery Works 1689–d.; member, Society of Mines Royal 1690. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 1460.

Main residence: Kew, Surr.
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CAMPION, William (1640-1702), of Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent

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bap. 6 Feb. 1640, 1st s. of Sir William Campion of Combwell by Grace, da. of Sir Thomas Parker† of Ratton, Suss. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1655; M. Temple 1657; Padua 1660. m. lic. 1 Nov. 1662, Frances, da. of Sir John Glynne†, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da. suc. fa. 1648. Suss. Arch. Colls. x. 3, 34–35; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 4, ii. 264.
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Sub-commr. prizes, Dover 1689–98, June 1702–d. CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 172; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvii. 364.

Asst. Mines Co. 1693. CSP Dom. 1693, p. 207.

Main residence: Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent.
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CAMPION, Henry (c.1680-1761), of Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent

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b. c. 1680, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Campion*. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. adm. 2 Dec. 1697, aged 17; L. Inn 1698. m. 8 June 1702 (with £5,000), Barbara (d. 1755), da. and h. of Peter Courthorpe of Danny Park, Suss., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1702. Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 4, ii. 264; Danny Archives ed. J. A. Wooldridge, 13.
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Commr. public accts. 1711–13. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxv. 360.

Main residence: Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent.
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CAMPBELL, John (c.1693-1770), of Mamore, Dunbarton.

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b. c. 1693, 1st s. of Hon. John Campbell*; bro. of Charles† and William Campbell†. m. c. 22 Oct. 1720, Mary (d. 1736), da. of John, 2nd Ld. Bellenden [S], maid of honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, 5s.(2 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1729, cos. Archibald Campbell as 4th Duke of Argyll [S] 15 Apr. 1761; KT 7 Aug. 1765. Hist. Reg. Chron. 1720, p. 36; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 383–6.
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Ens. 3 Ft. Gds. (Scots Gds.) Oct. 1710, capt.-lt. and lt.-col. 1712– Aug. 1715; groom of bedchamber to George II as Prince of Wales and King 1714–61, to George III 1761–?d.; a.d.c. to 2nd Duke of Argyll Sept. 1715–17; lt.-col. 9 Ft. 1720–2, 27 Ft. 1735–7, col. 39 Ft. 1737–8, 21 Ft. (R. Scots Fusiliers) 1738–52, 2 Drags. 1752–d.; gov. Milford Haven 1734–61, Limerick 1761–d.; brig.-gen. 1743, maj.-gen. 1744, lt.-gen. 1747, gen. 1765; PC 2 Jan. 1762. Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1731–4, p. 682.

Burgess, Glasgow 1716, ?Edinburgh 1720. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 316; lxii. 32.

Rep. peer [S] 1761–d.

Main residence: Mamore, Dunbarton.
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CAMPBELL, John (c.1693-1770)

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CAMPBELL, Hon. John (c.1660-1729), of Mamore, Dunbarton.

Family and Education
b. c. 1660, 2nd s. of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll [S]; bro. of Archibald, 1st Duke of Argyll [S] and Hon. James Campbell*. educ. Glasgow 1676. m. 1692 (with 18,000 merks), Elizabeth (d. 1758), da. of John, 8th Ld. Elphinstone [S], 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 6 da. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 318–19; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), iii. 132; W. Fraser, Lds. Elphinstone of Elphinstone, i. 234.
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?Capt. of ft. Earl of Argyll’s regt. 1689–aft. 1690; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; jt. master of King’s works [S] 1705– Nov. 1714, sole Nov. 1714–17. Reg. PC Scotland, 1690, p. 649; 1691, p. 477; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 338; 1702–3, p. 354; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 689.

MP [S] Argyllshire 1700–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1708, Ayr 1718. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 32; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/9, council mins. 4 Apr. 1718.

Main residence: Mamore, Dunbarton.
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CAMPBELL, Hon. John (c.1660-1729)

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CAMPBELL, Hon. James (aft. c.1660-?1713).

Family and Education
b. 1660; 4th s. of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll [S] by his 1st w. Lady Mary, da. of James Stewart, 4th Earl of Moray [S]; bro. of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll [S] and Hon. John Campbell*. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1678. m. 10 Nov. 1690, Mary (annulled by Act of Parl. 20 Dec. 1690), da. and h. of Philip Wharton (d. 1685) of Edlington, Yorks.; (2) 1694, Margaret (d. 1755), da. of David Leslie, 1st Ld. Newark [S], 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 367–8; Hist. Scot. Parl. 92; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), iii. 134; E. R. Wharton, Whartons of Wharton Hall, 31; LJ, xiv. 600; Scot. Hist. Soc. xxxiv. 439.
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Capt. of ft. Earl of Argyll’s regt. 1689–bef. 1692; lt.-col. of ft. ?–c.1709. CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 175.

MP [S] Renfrew 1699–1702.

Dir. Bank of Scotland 1702. C. A. Malcolm, Bank of Scotland, 294.

Burgess, Rothesay, Ayr, Edinburgh 1708. Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/39/29, commn. 17 May 1708; B6/18/8, council mins. 27 May 1708; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 31.

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CAMPBELL, Hon. James (aft. c.1660-?1713)

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CAMPBELL, James (c.1666-1752), of Ardkinglas, Argyll.

Family and Education
b. c. 1666, 1st s. of Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Ardkinglas by Helen, da. of Patrick Maxwell, MP [S], of Newark, Renfrew. m. (1) by 1697, Margaret, da. and coh. of Adam Campbell (d.1704) of Gargunnock, Stirling, 1s. d.v.p. 8da. (at least 1 d.v.p.); (2) contract 23 Aug. 1731, Anne, da. of John Callendar of Craigforth, St. Ninian’s, Stirling, wid. of Lt.-Col. John Blackadder, dep. gov. Stirling castle 1717–; d., s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Apr. 1709. Hist. Scot. Parl. 90–91; SRO Indexes, iii. 731; ix. 248; Services of Heirs (ser. 1), i. 1700–9, p. 5; Scot. Rec. Soc. xxii. 17, 30; xxxv. 48; HMC Stuart, iv. 155; Stirling Burgh Recs. 1667–1752, 219, 224.
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Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; lt. and brig. 4 Life Gds. (Scots Life Gds.) 1704, exempt and capt. Mar. 1708, guidon and maj. June 1708, cornet and maj. 1710, lt. and lt.-col. 1711–15; dep. gov. Stirling Castle 1715–17; muster master [S] 1734–?42. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 354.

MP [S] Argyllshire 1703–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1704. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 31.

Main residence: Ardkinglas, Argyll.
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CAMPBELL, James (c.1666-1752)

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CAMPBELL, Sir James, 5th Bt. (c.1679-1756), of Auchinbreck, Argyll.

Family and Education
b. c. 1679, 1st s. of Sir Duncan Campbell, MP [S], 4th Bt., of Auchinbreck by Lady Henrietta, da. of Alexander Crawford, 1st Earl of Balcarres [S] (whose wid. married Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll [S]). educ. Glasgow Univ. 1695. m. (1) by 1696 (with 20,000 merks), Janet, da. of John (Ian Breac) Macleod of Dunvegan Castle, Skye, Inverness, 16th chief of clan Macleod, MP [S], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) c.1718, his ‘cousin’ Susanna, da. of Sir Alexander Campbell of Cawdor (Calder), Nairn, MP [S], 4s. 4da.; (3) Margaret, da. of Donald Campbell of Carradale or Glencarradale, Argyll, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. bef. 28 Nov. 1700. Hist. Scot. Parl. 92; Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), iii. 157, 204; SRO Indexes, iii. 155; ix. 220–1, 275; R. C. Macleod, Macleods of Dunvegan, 168; HMC Stuart, v. 521; APS, xi. 147; Services of Heirs (ser. 1), i. 1710–19, pp. 4–5.
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Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; capt. 25 Ft. 1707–11.

MP [S] Argyllshire 1703–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1704, Inveraray 1716. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 354; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 31; n.s. xiv. 15.

Main residence: Auchinbreck, Argyll.
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CAMPBELL, Daniel (c.1672-1753), of Saltmarket, Glasgow; Shawfield, Lanark; and Ardentinny, Argyll.

Family and Education
b. c. 1672, 3rd s. of Walter Campbell, ‘captain of Skipness’, Argyll, and bro. of John Campbell†. m. (1) 1695, Margaret, da. of John Leckie, merchant, of Newlands, Renfrew and Glasgow, Lanark, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) 4 Apr. 1714, Catherine (d. aft. 1722), da. of Henry Erskine, 3rd Ld. Cardross [S], wid. of Sir William Denholm, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Westshields, Lanark, 1da. Mitchell Lib. Glasgow, Campbell of Shawfield mss (mic. in NLS, ms 15525); Scot. Rec. Soc. vii. 74; xxxv. 87; Wodrow, Analecta, iv. 171.
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Burgess, Glasgow 1694, ?Dumbarton 1703, Edinburgh 1706. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 232; lxii. 31; NLS, ms 15525.

Collector of customs, Port Glasgow 1701–7; commr. union with England 1706, Equivalent [S] 1707–9. CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 409; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1708–14, p. 22; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxii. 79; xxiii. 234.

MP [S] Inveraray 1702–7.

Main residences: Saltmarket, Glasgow; Shawfield, Lanark; Ardentinny, Argyll.
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CALVERT, Felix (1664-1736), of Albury, Herts. and White Cross Street, St. Giles without Cripplegate, London

Family and Education
bap. 9 May 1664, 2nd s. of Thomas Calvert of St. Giles without Cripplegate by Anne, da. of William Ambrose of Reading, Berks. m. lic. 28 May 1689, Mary, da. of Sir Francis Winnington*, sis. of Salwey* and Edward Winnington*, 10s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. bro. bef.1672. IGI, Berks.; VCH Herts. Fams. 55–56, 65.
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Freeman, Hertford 1698; sheriff, Berks. 1707–8. Herts. RO, Hertford bor. recs. 25/100.

Main residences: Albury, Herts.; White Cross Street, St. Giles without Cripplegate, London.
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CALVERT, Felix (1664-1736)

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