Old Photograph George John Douglas Campbell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll in Edinburgh, Scotland. John, born 30th of 30 April 1823, died 24th April 1900, was a Scottish peer and Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. He was born at Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, the second but only surviving son of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and his second wife Joan Glassel, the only daughter of John Glassel. He succeeded his father as duke in 1847. With his death he became also hereditary Master of the Household of Scotland and Sheriff of Argyllshire. He was married three times. He married firstly Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, eldest daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, in 1844. They had six sons and seven daughters. Their fifth son Lord Colin Campbell was a politician. Their daughter, Edith, married Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland. Elizabeth died aged 53 in May 1878. In 1881, Argyll married Amelia Maria, daughter of the Right Reverend Thomas Claughton, Bishop of St Albans, and widow of Augustus Anson. She died aged 50 in January 1894. In 1895, Argyll took Ina, daughter of Archibald McNeill, as his third wife. There were no children from either the second or third marriage. Argyll died at Inveraray Castle in April 1900, six days before his 77th birthday, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, John. His third wife survived him by a quarter of a century, dying in December 1925.



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