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Hace 2 días · After a brief first marriage in 1933, Margaret wed Ian Douglas Campbell, the 11th Duke of Argyll, in 1951. The Duchess devoted herself to restoring the Duke‘s family estate, pouring her fortune into revitalizing the gothic Inveraray Castle in Scotland.
Hace 4 días · His son Hughie, who died in 1999, was the last of the surname MacPhedran resident in Inveraray, and knew Ian the 12th Duke well. So I think the MacPhedran-Campbell connection lasted almost 700 years – two centuries longer than the Boyds and MacLean. What rich history we have in Argyll! Kenneth MacTaggart, Inveraray. Newspapers in English
Hace 16 horas · His third wife, whom he married in 1962 and divorced in 1963, was the British heiress and journalist Lady Jeanne Campbell (1929–2007). She was the only daughter of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll , a Scottish aristocrat and clan chief with a notorious private life , and his first wife Janet Gladys Aitken , who was a daughter of the press baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook .
Hace 4 días · General description and date of structure. Argyll House, which owes its name to John, fourth Duke of Argyll, who lived here during the last two years of his life (1769–70), was built for John Perrin (or Pierene) in the year 1723, by Giacomo Leoni, the Venetian architect. Perrin's name appears in the rate-books for this house from 1724 to 1740 ...
Hace 6 días · School pupils on a tiny Scottish island entertained the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by singing in Gaelic in the first Royal visit to the Isle of Coll in 12 years. Coll, which is located west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, is also known by its alter ego the Isle of Struay – the home of fictional character Katie Morag from the adventure books by Mairi Hedderwick.
Hace 3 días · Soon after becoming king, James faced a rebellion in southern England led by his nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, and another rebellion in Scotland led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. Monmouth and Argyll both began their expeditions from Holland , where James's nephew and son-in-law, the Prince of Orange, had neglected to detain them or ...
Hace 4 días · Role In: English Civil Wars. First English Civil War. Archibald Campbell, 1st marquess and 8th earl of Argyll (born 1607?—died May 27, 1661, Edinburgh, Scotland) was the leader of Scotland’s anti-Royalist party during the English Civil Wars between King Charles I and Parliament.
