Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell

left to right: his son Colin of Glenorchy, Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell and grandson Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll , illustration from The Black Book of Taymouth , 16th century

Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell ( Gaelic Donnchadh mac Cailein , † 1453 in Lochawe , Argyllshire ) was a Scottish nobleman and politician.

Life

Duncan Campbell was the eldest son of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow († around 1414) and his second wife Mariot Campbell, the heir to John Campbell of Ardscotnish and Glen Orchy.

In February 1393, his father transferred part of his lands including Menstrie Castle to him . When his father died, he inherited his extensive holdings in Argyll and became head of the Campbell clan . In 1424 he was one of the hostages sent to England as security for the payment of the ransom for the release of King James I. In August 1436, under James I, he took part in the unsuccessful siege of the English-occupied Roxburgh Castle .

During the reign of the underage King James II , he was able to expand his power in Argyll at the expense of the crown and was knighted in March 1440 at the latest . He became Justiciar of Argyll and a member of the Scottish Privy Council . In 1445, King James II raised him as Lord Campbell to Lord of Parliament .

In 1442 he donated the collegiate church in Kilmun ( St Munn's Parish Church ), in which he was buried after his death in 1453.

Marriages and offspring

His first marriage was since the 1390s with Lady Marjorie Stewart († 1432), a daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith , married. With her he had two sons and a daughter:

• Celestine Campbell, Master of Campbell († before 1440);
• Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell († before 1453);
• NN, ⚭ Walter Stewart, Master of Fife († 1425), son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany († 1425).

In his second marriage he married Margaret Stewart of Ardgowan († 1442) in 1439. Her father, James Stewart of Kilbride (* around 1374), was the illegitimate son of the Scottish King Robert III. From this marriage there were four sons:

• Colin Campbell of Glenorchy and Breadalbane († 1475), ⚭ (1) Lady Mariot Stewart († 1448), ⚭ (2) 1448 Janet Stewart, ⚭ (3) Margaret Marie Robertson, ⚭ (4) 1467 Margaret de Stirveling;
• Neil Campbell of Ormidale;
• Duncan Campbell of Kilmichael;
• Archibald Campbell of Otter.

Since he survived his two sons from his first marriage, the title of Lord Campbell fell on his death in 1453 to the underage son of his second son Archibald, Colin Campbell , who was initially placed under the tutelage of his son from his second marriage, Colin Campbell of Glenorchy.

literature

• James Balfour Paul : The Scots Peerage. Volume 1, David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, pp. 330 ff.
• Stephan Boardman: The Tale of Leper John and the Campbell Acquisition of Lorn. In: EJ Cowan, R. Andrew McDonald: Alba. Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era. Tuckwell Pr, East Linton 2000, ISBN 1-86232-151-5 .
• Stephan Boardman: The Campbells 1250-1513. John Donald, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 0-85976-662-4 .

Web links

• Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Lord Campbell 1445-1453	Colin Campbell