John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll KT PC (* around 1693 in the House of Argyll , Scotland , † November 9, 1770 in London ) was a Scottish nobleman , general and politician .
Life
John Campbell was the eldest son of John Campbell of Mamore (around 1660 - April 9, 1729) and his wife Elizabeth Elphinstone (1677-1758), daughter of John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone and Isabel Maitland, and grandson of Archibald Campbell , 9th Earl of Argyll (1629-1685),
John Campbell joined the British Army and earned the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1712 . He soon became a Member of the House of Commons as MP for Buteshire and Caithness (1713-1715), Elgin Burghs (1715-1722 and 1725-1727) and finally Dunbartonshire (1727-1761) . During his parliamentary term he was appointed colonel of the 39th Regiment of Foot (1737-1738) and the 21st Regiment of Foot (1738-1752) and distinguished himself in the Battle of Dettingen (1741). In the following years he was promoted several times: Brigadier General (1743), Lieutenant General (1747), General (1765) and Honorary Colonel of the North British Dragoons (1752-1770).
When his cousin Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll died in 1761, he inherited his title of nobility. His Scottish peers elected him a representative peer in the House of Lords , for which he gave up his seat in the House of Commons. He was also appointed governor of Limerick . A year later, Campbell was appointed to the Privy Council . In 1765 he was accepted into the thistle order .
In 1720 John Campbell married Mary Bellenden (1705–1736), daughter of John Bellenden, 2nd Baron Bellenden , and Lady Mary Moore in London . Three children emerged from the joint relationship:
- Lady Caroline Campbell (1721–1803), ⚭ (1) 1739 Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin , ⚭ (2) 1747 Rt. Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway
- John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723–1806) ⚭ 1759 Elizabeth Campbell, Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon , widowed Duchess of Hamilton
- Lord William Campbell (1731–1778), last British governor of South Carolina
literature
- Peter W. Hammond: The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire 1998.
- Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (Genealogical Books). Burke's Peerage & Gentry, Stokesley 2003, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 .
- Kim D. Reynolds: Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-820727-1 .
- Duncan Warrand et al. a. (Initial), George E. Cokrayne u. a. (Ed.): The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Extant, extinct or dormancy . Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucester 2000, ISBN 0-904387-82-8 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Archibald Campbell |
Duke of Argyll 1761-1770 |
John Campbell |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Campbell, John, 4th Duke of Argyll |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman, general and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1693 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | House of Argyll, Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1770 |
Place of death | London |