Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the armoury hall on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Inveraray Castle in Argyll. The present castle was built in the Gothic Revival style. Work on it began in 1743. This castle replaced an earlier 15th century castle. The foundation stone was laid in October 1746. It has been the seat of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, since the 18th century. The 2012 Christmas episode of Downton Abbey was partly filmed here; the castle portraying the fictional Duneagle Castle.
The name Campbell has appeared as Campbell, Cambell, Cambel, Camble, Cammell and many more. Robert Campbell, a Scottish convict was convicted in Ayr, Scotland for 14 years, then transported aboard the ship Baring in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; Robert Campbell landed in Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836; Duncan Campbell landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840; Angus Campbell landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Thomas Campbell landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Colin Campbell landed in New Jersey, America, in 1685; Dugald Campbell landed in New York, America, in 1739
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