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.

Offices Held

?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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Mamore, Dunbarton.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CAMPBELL, Hon. John (c.1660-1729)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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