Craignish Castle
Craignish Castle is a former castle and country house near Ardfern in the Scottish county of Argyll (now the administrative division of Argyll and Bute ). It was the castle of a baron family that was rebuilt around 1832. Craignish Castle was the Scottish seat of the Gascoigne family of Parlington Hall and Lotherton Hall in England , and Castle Oliver in Ireland .
“Craignish Castle, on a peninsula two and a quarter miles from its tip, consists of its strong old fortress that withstood a six week siege by Colkitto, but is mostly a modern country house rebuilt in 1832; its owner, Fred Chs. Trench-Gascoigne (* 1814), owns 5,591 acres (2,236 hectares) of land in the county estimated at an income of £ 1,013 annually. "
The founder of the Campbells of Craignish, Dugall Maul Campbell , became the first lord of Craignish and his descendants built and resided in Craignish Castle. Ronald McCallum was named hereditary custodian of Craignish Castle in 1510. But the castle has not been in the hands of this family for a long time and was rebuilt in 1832 as a private country house for Mr. Trench-Gascoigne . This owned nearly 6,000 acres in Argyllshire. Today the country house has been converted into apartments and is in private hands.
The Lords of Craignish
- Dugall Maul Campbell, 1st Laird (1156 - ????), 1st clan chief
- Dougall Campbell, 2nd Laird (1178-1220), 2nd clan chief
- Dougald Campbell, 3rd Laird (1200-1250), 3rd clan chief
- Dougall Campbell, 4th Laird (1225-1250), 4th chief of the clan
- Malcolm Campbell, 5th Laird (1250-1290), 5th clan chief
- Dougald Campbell, 6th Laird (1272 - ????), 6th clan chief
- Dougald Campbell, 7th Laird (1300-1350), 7th clan chief
- Christina Campbell, 8th clan chief
- Ronald Campbell, 8th laird, 9th clan chief
- Iain 'Gorm' Campbell, 9th Laird, 10th clan chief
- Donald Campbell, 10th laird, 11th clan chief
- John Campbell, 11th Laird, 2nd Baron Barrichibean, 12th chief of the clan
- Donald Campbell, 3rd Baron Barrichibean, 13th clan chief
- Iain Campbell, 4th Baron Barrichibean, 14th clan chief
- Ronald Campbell, 5th Baron Barrichibean, 15th clan chief
- John Campbell, 6th Baron Barrichibean, 16th clan chief
- Donald Campbell, 7th Baron Barrichibean, 17th clan chief
- George Campbell, 8th Baron Barrichibean, 18th clan chief
- Dugald Campbell, 9th Baron Barrichibean, 19th clan chief
- Captain Dugald Campbell, 10th Baron Barrichibean, 20th clan chief
- Colin Campbell, 11th Baron Barrichibean, 21st clan chief
The 7th Laird left only one daughter, Christine Campbell (* 1323). Their weakness and carelessness was the reason most of the land went to the Knight of Lochow , who took advantage of them. She then only had a small piece of land in the upper part of Craignish under his suzerainty. The closest male relative, Ronald Campbell , fought hard for his inheritance and the then Clan Chief of the Campbells was forced to give him a sizable portion of the estate, but retained sovereignty and added a condition in the deed that the land should automatically be given to the Argylls should fall back if there was no direct male heir. In 1544 the direct line ended and the rightful heir ended, a distant relative by the name of Charles Campbell of Corramore in Craignish was unlucky enough to kill Gillies of Glenmore in a fight. This forced him to flee to Perthshire , where he settled in Lochtayside under the protection of the Breadalbane family . This unfortunate coincidence prevented Charles Campbell from claiming the property and it fell into the hands of the Earls (later Dukes) of Argyll . Charles Campbell's descendants in Killin in Perthshire were later recognized by Lord Lyon as clan chiefs of the Tearlach branch of the Campbells, and from them the Campbells of Inverneill descend . A grandson of Duncan Campbell, 8th of Inverneill , owned one of the apartments at Craignish Castle in the 1980s. The coat of arms of the Campbells of Inverneill differed from that of the Campbells of Craignish by an additional blue border. The first and third Campbell of Inverneill (Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill and Sir James Campbell of Inverneill ) were buried in Westminster Abbey in the so-called "Poets' Corner". The second Campbell of Inverneill (Sir James Campbell of Inverneill ) and many of his successors are buried in the mausoleum of the Campbells of Inverneill. The later Dr. John Lorne Campbell of Inverneill and of Canna is on the island of Canna , where he lived for over 50 years. The Inverneill lands, with the exception of the Inverneill Island mausoleum , were sold in the 1950s. The island still belongs to the family.
Part of the legacy that did not revert to the Argylls was the little barony of Barrichibean, which John Campbell had inherited from his mother's father. This barony does not currently belong to anyone, but genealogical records indicate likely successors.
Edmund Kempt Campbell was appointed 1st Baron Campbell of Craignish by the Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1848. He emigrated to America but was naturalized in Great Britain a few years later. In 1882, Captain Ronald MacLeay Lorentz Campbell , his nephew, was ennobled by the Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Baron Craignish and applied to Queen Victoria for permission to use this title in Great Britain. His application was granted and he was allowed to use the title "Baron Campbell von Laurents". One of these barons was a hero in the battle of Gravelotte in the course of the Franco-Prussian War . His son Ronald also used the title and then it fell to his granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth , who then belonged to the nobility herself. Baroness Campbell von Laurents published a book called My Motor Milestones: How to Tour in a Car in 1913 and was a member of the Italian Greyhound Club . Her father visited the well-known Wright brothers, the inventors of the airplane. A visiting card has been preserved in the collection in honor of the aviation brothers.
- Edmund Kempt Laurentz Campbell, 1st Baron of Craignish
- Captain Ronald Macleay Lorentz Campbell, 2nd Baron (Campbell of Laurents)
- Ronald Campbell, 3rd Baron (Campbell of Laurents)
- Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Baroness (Campbell of Laurents)
Title holder
The title "Laird of Craignish" is no longer in use because the title Laird refers to a landowner and the Craignish property was lost to the family long ago (see above). But most of the properties have since been resold.
The House of Craignish represents thousands of Campbells worldwide, but no known clan chief is currently known.
The title "Baron Campbell von Laurents" is a German title that was inherited from the male line of the original owner. This means that it is extinguished today.
Web links and sources
- Parish of Craignish . Gazetteer for Scotland. 2002-2008. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- Site of Parlington Hall, the country house of the Gascoigne family who bought Craignish Castle in 1852 for £ 26,000.
- Listed Building Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 18 " N , 5 ° 35 ′ 23" W.