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220 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. II. John, of Foordie, a member of the Committee of War, 1647, d. in or before 1683, leaving issue, Mary, m. Henry Stewart, advocate, 4th son of Sir William Stewart, of Grandtully ; from this marriage descends Sir Archibald Douglas Stewart, Bart., of Grandtidly, co. Perth (see Burke's Peerage and Baronetage). He was s. in 1618 by his eldest son, Sir James Campbell, of Aberuchill, a firm adherent of the royal cause, vpho was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by Eoyal Patent dated 13th December, 1627 (see Douglas's Baronage of Scotland). He m. Ann, daughter of Patrick Hepburn, of WooUing, and Janet Napier, his wife, and dying in November, 1640, was s. by his son, SiB Colin Campbell, 2nd baronet of Aberuchill, then a minor, who became a lawyer and politician of note, and held the various high appointments of sheriff depute of Argyllshire 1668 ; senator of the College of Justice under the title of Lord Aberuchill 1689 ; lord of justiciary and privy councillor 1690 ; and was also of the Privy Council to Queen Anne 1703. He represented the co. of Perth in Parliament from 1690 to 1702. In 1669 Sir Colin Campbell acquired the barony of Kilbryde, with its fine old castle near Dun- blane, Perthshire, the seat of the Earls of Menteith, still the property of his represen- tative. A crown charter a few months later erected all his lands into one free barony, hold- ing direct of the king, to be called Aberuchill, and made Innerucliill into a burgh of barony. Lord Aberuchill suffered losses amounting to 17,201Z. at the hands of the Scots from the Highland Army, under Lord Dundee, and had an Act of Parliament granting him com- pensation, which he appears never to have received. He m. 1st, Margaret, daughter of Alexander Foulis, Esq. of Katbo, and had one son, Archibald, who d. tinm. r.p. He m. 2ndly, Catherine, daughter of Sir John Mackenzie, of Tarbat, Bart., and sister of (leorge, 1st Earl of Cromarty (see Burke's Peerage), by whom he had, II. James (Sir), his successor. III. Colin, commissioner of customs, lather of Colin Campbell and Jean, wife of Alexander, Lord Lindores. I. Anna, m. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, of Cromarty, Bart, (see under Earl of Cromaetie, in Burke's Peerage), and had issue. Sir Colin d. at Edinburgli, 16th February, 1704, and was s. by his eldest son. Sir James Campbell, 3rd baronet, who m. 1st, Jean, daughter and heir of Sir John Dempster, of Pitliver, oo. Fife, and had, I. Colin, of Pitliver, which estate he sold. He was an advocate, and m. in 1722, Catherine, daughter of William Nisbet, of Dirleton, in East Lothian (whose youngest daughter, Williel- mina, m. David, 6th Earl of Leven and 5th Earl of Melville, see Burke's Peerage) ; he d. before his father, about 1738, leaving 1. James, 4th baronet. 1. Catherine. 2. Colina, m. Thomas Hogg, Esq., banker, Edinburgh, son of William Hogg, Esq., and Grizell Nimmo, and had issue, two daughters. I. Catherine, m. 1721, George Drum- mond, Esq., six times elected ac- countant-general of Excise, and Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and had issue. Sir James m. 2ndly, his cousin. Lady Jane Campbell, daughter of James, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, by whom he had no issue. He d. before June, 1754, and was s. by his grandson, Sir James Campbell, 4th baronet, b. 1723, who m. 1st, in 1754, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Captain William Conductor Ball, of Hatton Garden, London, land commissioner for Scotland, and had, with three other sons, who d. young, I. Colin, captain 19th Regiment of Foot, brevet-major and lieutenant-colonel of the Perth Militia, who d. unm. 1811. II. Alexander (Sir), 5th baronet, h. 16th August, 1757 ; m. in 1816, Miss Mar- garet Coldstream, of Crieff; and d. in 1824, leaving, amongst other issue, James, present baronet (see Burke's Peerage and Baronetage). I. Jane, m. 1775, to William Pearson, Esq. of Kippenross, co. Perth, and had issue. Sir James m. 2ndly, Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph Burn, Esq., and had by her, III. Thomas, b. 1769 ; d. tinm. 1799. IV. "William, writer to the signet, who m. 1st, Eliza, daughter of William Hunter, Esq. of Glenormiston, co. Peebles ; and 2ndly, Jane, daughter of Cleghorn, of Strathvithie, co. Fife, and had issue. V. Frederick, m. Miss Caroline Mouat, and had issue. Ti. John, M.D., F.R.C.S. Edinburgh, of whom presently. II. Marianne, m. 1st, to Sir William Cunningham Fairlie, of Eobertland and Fairlie, Bart. (see Burke's Peerage and Baronetage) ; 2ndly, James Hathorn, Esq., and d. s.p. III. Catherine, m. to Alexander Wight, W.S., and d. s.p. IV. Margaret, m. to Lawrence Dinwiddie, of Germiston, co. Lanark, and had issue. V. Helen, m. 1st, to John Barcla}', M.D.; 2ndly, to Charles Oliphant, W.S., and d. s.p. Sir James Campbell in early life served in the Scots Greys, and was present at the battle of Fontenoy ; he sold the estate of Aberu- chill in 1772, and in 1800 executed an entail of the barony and estate of Kilbryde. On his death, March, 1812, these and the title passed to his eldest surviving sou ; his 4th son by his 2nd wife,