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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

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

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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