Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Arygll^[1]

Abt 1431 - 1493  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Colin Campbell
  Suffix	1st Earl of Arygll
  Birth	Abt 1431
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1457
  Death	10 May 1493
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal20954 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10926.htm#i109258 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll was born between 1435 and 1440.«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell «/u» and «u»Elizabeth Somerville «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He married «u»Isabel Stewart«/u», daughter of «u»John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorn«/u», before 9 April 1465.«sup»1«/sup» He died on 10 May 1493.«sup»1«/sup» Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Lord Campbell [S., 1445]«/i» in 1453.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Argyll [Scotland]«/i» in 1457.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Baillie of Cowal in 1460.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Master of the Household in 1464.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Lord Lorne [Scotland]«/i» on 17 April 1470, together with a conveyance to him of the lands of and lordship of Lorne, after the resignation of his wife's uncle, Walter Stewart as Lord Lorne (who was then created Lord Innermeath).«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Hereditary Justiciary and Sheriff of the lordship of Lorne in 1471.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Lieutenant and Commissary of Argyll in 1479.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Chancellor [Scotland] between 1483 and February 1488, being deprived of office after the rebellion and death of King James III.«sup»1«/sup» In 1487 he joined the conspiracy of the nobles against King James III.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Chancellor [Scotland] between June 1488 and 1493, reinstated by King James IV.«sup»1«/sup» He has an extensive biographical entry in the «i»Dictionary of National Biography.«sup»2«/sup»«/i» «b»See his Biography: http://www.thepeerage.com/e554.htm 1. «/b»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 198. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 2. Matthew H.C.G., editor, «i»Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM«/i» (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), Campbell, Colin. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dictionary of National Biography«/i». 3. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1285. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i». 4. Charles Mosley, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i», volume 1, page 1279. 5. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes«/i» (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 104. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition«/i».
  Person ID	I29324	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Archibald Campbell   d. Bef 1440
  Mother	Elizabeth Somerville   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F13369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel Stewart   d. 26 Oct 1510
  Marriage	Bef 9 Apr 1465
  Children	1. Isabel Campbell   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret Campbell   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Helen Campbell   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F13371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).