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ARGYLL. 127 Dukes [S.] "| IS, John (Campbell) Duke of Argyll, &c, j-n- [S.], first cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of the Hon. John V I 7gi Campbell of Mamore (by Elizabeth, 1st (la. of John (Elphis,- EarlsfS.] f * stone) 8th Loud Elphinstone [S.]), which John Campbell I was second s. of Archibald, 9th Earl, by his first wife. He XIII. J was b. about 1683, and was a Lieut. Col. as early as 1712. He distinguished himself in the wars in Flanders and at the tattle of Dettingen in 1741. He was Col. of the Scots Greys 1752, and full Gen. 1705. Groom of the Bedchamber to Geo. II and Geo. Ill, M.P. for Buteshire 1713-15, for Elgin burghs 1715-22 and 1725-27, and for Duuibartonsliire in six parliaments 1727-61. Governor of Limerick 1761-70. On 13 April 1758 he sue. his father (who d. aged 85), and in 1761 he sue. his cousin in the Dukedom as heir male of the grantee under the fpee. lim. in the patent. Rep. Peer [S.] 1761. P.C. K.T. 7 Aug. 1765. He m. 1720, Mary (formerly Maid of Honour to the Princess of Wales), 3rd da. of John (Kerr, afterward* Bellenden) 2nd Loud Bellenden [S.], by Mary, Dow. Countess Dalhousie [S.], 2nd da. of Henry (Moore), 1st Earl of Drogheda [I.]. She was celebrated for her wit and beauty, and obtained the post of Keeper of the palace of Somerset House in the Strand. She d, 18 Dec. 1736. He d. in Loudon 9 Nov. 1770, in his 77th year. Dukes [S.] 1 n. John (Campbell), Duke of Argyll, &c. [S.], y s. and h., bap. June 1723. Was Lieut. Col. as early as 1745, V1770 Aide-de-camp to the King, Nov. 1755, Commander in Chief Earls [S.] f in Scotland 1767-78, Gen. 177S, Col. of the 3rd Regt. of y T -y ! Foot-Guards 1782, and subsequently, 1796, Field Marshal. AiV - J M.P. for Glasgow burghs 1744-61, for Dover 1765. Provost of Dumbarton 1754. On 22 Dec. 1766 he was or. (v.p.) a Peer of Great Britain, as BARON SUND RIDGE of Coomb Bank, co. Kent, with rem., tailing heirs male of his body, to his two brothers in like manner. After his accession to the Dukedom he was (the first) President of the Highland Society. He m. 3 March 1759 in London, Elizabeth, (») Dow. Duchess of Hamilton* [S.], 2nd da. of John Gunning of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon, by Bridget, da. of Theobald (Bodrke), 6th Viscount Bourke of Mayo [I.] She was b. at Hemingford Grey, co. Huntingdon, was Lady of the Bedchamber to Charlotte, Queen of George III, and on 20 May 1776 was cr. BARONESS HAMILTON of Hameldon, co. Leicester, with rem. of that Barony to the heirs male of her body. She d. in London 20 Dec. 1793, and wa3 bur. at Kilmun in Cowal. His Grace, being then the second Field officer in seniority, d. 24 May 1806, in his 83rd year, at Inverary Castle, and was bur. 10 June at Kilmun. Will pr . Jan. 1807. [George JoEtH Campbell, usual/;/ spofett of as Earl of Campbell, 1st «. and h. ap. of his father, at that time styled Marquess of Lorn, b. in Loudon 17 Feb. 1763, d. at Roseneath, co. Dumbarton', 9 July 1764.1 Dukes [s.] 1 George William (Campbell), Duke of VI. Aroyll, &c. [S.1 Lord Sundridge, &c. [G. B.], 2nd but 1st i-TQAg surv. b. and h. b. 22 Sep. 1766 in London. M.P. for St. •Urls [S.] f • Germans 1790-96. On 3 Aug. 1799 (by the death of his Xy uterine br. the Duke of Hamilton [S.]), he sue, in right of J his mother, to the Peerage, as Lord Hamilton of Hameldon. [G.B.] Was Vice Admiral of the West Coast of Scotland 1807. Lord Steward of the Household and P.C. 1833. G.O.H. 1833. He m. 29 Nov. 1810, Caroline Elizabeth (who had been, at her own suit, divoroed in 1*111 from the 1st Marquess ok Anglesey), 3rd da. of George Bussey (Villiers), 4th Earl of Jersey, by Frances, da. of Philip Twisden, Bishop of RapHoe [1.1 She d. 16 June 1 -535. Her Klmon. Nov. 1835. He d. s.p. 22 Oct. 1839. j") It a a match that would not disgrace Arcadia . . . besides, exactly like Mtahluvian lovers, they reconcile contending clans— the great houses of Hamilton «nd Campbell," writes Horace Walpolo. She was the second of the three sisters «t whom the eldest was Countess of Coventry) who "of surpassing loveliness -preme in the circles of the beta movie." Burke, Ulster, voL i, p. 63, edit. 1855. »M captiviting manners long reigned su 066 Romance of the Aristocracy," by Sir L