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

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.