Duke of Argyll
Duke of Argyll is a hereditary British title of nobility created twice, namely in the Peerage of Scotland and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Both titles are held by the Chief of the Clan Campbell . The duke is therefore one of only five people in the UK to own two dukedoms.
The Dukes' family seat is Inveraray Castle in Inveraray , northwest of Glasgow in what is now Argyll and Bute .
Awards
The first bestowal took place on June 23, 1701 in the Peerage of Scotland to Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll , in recognition of his support for William of Orange .
His great-great-great-nephew, the 8th Duke , was a minister in various liberal cabinets and a close friend of Prince Albert , Queen Victoria's Prince Consort . On April 7, 1892, he was awarded the Duketitel again, but now in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Subordinate title
Along with the Dukedom of 1701, the subordinate titles Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne , Earl of Campbell and Cowall , Viscount Lochaw and Glenyla and Lord of Inverary, Mull, Moreen and Tirie were bestowed.
Already in 1685 the later 1st Duke inherited the titles 10th Earl of Argyll , 11th Lord Campbell , 10th Lord Lorne and 4th Lord Kintyre . He was the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Colin Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell , who had been given the title of Earl of Argyll in 1457 and the title of Lord Lorne in 1470. His grandfather, Duncan Campbell , was raised to Lord Campbell by King James II in 1445 . His grandfather, the 8th Earl, had also inherited the title of 2nd Lord Kintyre from his half-brother in 1645 , which was awarded to him on February 12, 1626. All titles mentioned belong to the Peerage of Scotland. In addition, the later 1st Duke had inherited the title of 3rd Baronet , of Lundie in the County of Forfar, from a second uncle around 1696 , which his father had been awarded on December 13, 1627 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.
The later 5th Duke was on December 22, 1766 in the Peerage of Great Britain to Baron Sundridge , of Coomb Bank in the County of Kent, with special inheritance in favor of his brothers Frederick and William.
The 8th Duke inherited the title of 3rd Baron Hamilton, of Hameldon in the County of Leicester, from his half-brother in 1799 , which he had given to his mother on May 20, 1776 in the Peerage of Great Britain.
In addition to these titles of nobility, the respective duke also holds a number of hereditary feudal dignities. He is Erbhaushofmeister ( Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland ) and Erbgroßsiegelbewahrer of Scotland ( Hereditary Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland ), Admiral of the western coasts and islands ( Hereditary Admiral of the Western Coasts and Isles ) and Erbhüter ( Hereditary Keeper ) the castles Dunstaffnage , Carrick , Tarbert and Dunoon , and Erb sheriff of Argyll ( Hereditary Sheriff of Argyll ). The Duke's eldest son carries the courtesy title of Marquess of (Kintyre and) Lorne as his title heir, and his eldest son that of the Earl of Campbell (and Cowall) .
Other titles
The 8th Earl of Argyll was raised on November 15, 1641 in the Peerage of Scotland to Marquess of Argyll . This title was stripped from him, together with his other titles, in 1661 before his execution for high treason . When his son was raised back to the nobility two years later, the marquess title, unlike the other titles, was not restored.
The 2nd Duke of Argyll, like his father, advocated the unification of the kingdoms of England and Scotland . Therefore he was raised on November 26, 1705 in the Peerage of England to the Earl of Greenwich and Baron Chatham and on April 27, 1719 in the Peerage of Great Britain to the Duke of Greenwich . These titles expired when he died in 1743 without male heirs.
The 3rd Duke of Argyll had been elevated to Earl of Ilay on October 19, 1706 , as well as Lord Oransay, Dunoon and Arase in the Peerage of Scotland. The titles expired when he died in 1761 without direct male descendants.
List of Lords Campbell and Earls and Dukes of Argyll
Lords Campbell (1445)
- Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell († 1453)
- Colin Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell (around 1433–1493) (was elevated to Earl of Argyll in 1457)
Earls of Argyll (1457)
- Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (around 1433–1493)
- Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll († 1513)
- Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (around 1486–1529)
- Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll (around 1507–1558)
- Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (around 1537–1573)
- Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll (around 1541 or 1546–1584)
- Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll (around 1576–1638)
- Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll , 8th Earl of Argyll (around 1598–1661) (title forfeited 1661)
- Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (c. 1629–1685) (title restored 1663)
- Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll (1658–1703) ( elevated to Duke of Argyll in 1701 )
Dukes of Argyll (1701)
- Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (1658–1703)
- John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , 1st Duke of Greenwich (1680–1743)
- Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761)
- John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (1693-1770)
- John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806)
- George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll (1768–1839)
- Henry Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll (1777–1847)
- George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll , 1st Duke of Argyll (1823-1900)
- John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll , 2nd Duke of Argyll (1845-1914)
- Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll , 3rd Duke of Argyll (1872–1949)
- Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll , 4th Duke of Argyll (1903-1973)
- Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll , 5th Duke of Argyll (1937-2001)
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll , 6th Duke of Argyll (* 1968)
The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current Dukes, Archibald Frederick Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (* 2004).
literature
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press. New York 1990.
- John Pearson: The Serpent and the Stag. Holt , Rinehart & Winston, 1984.
Web links
- The Dukes of the Peerage of the United Kingdom (English)
- The Clan Campbell Society (English)
- Online Gotha (Argyll)
- Argyll, Earl of (S, c.1457) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Argyll, Duke of (S, 1701) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page