Duke of Argyll

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Coat of arms of the Dukes 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.

Inveraray Castle (2010)

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)

Earls of Argyll (1457)

Dukes of Argyll (1701)

Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogy. Handbook of the nobility, Volume Fü II, page 178, CA Starke-Verlag, 1953
  2. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Volume Fü II, page 178