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Personal data Archibald Gillespie Campbell 

• He was born about 1465 in Skipness, Argyll, Scotland.Source 1
• Title: 2nd Earl of ArgyllSource 1

  ARCHIBALD, 2nd Earl of Argyll, succ. 1493, k. Flodden 1513
  m. Elisabeth Stewart, eldest dau. John 1st (Stewart) Earl of Lennox and
  had:
  1. COLIN, 3rd Earl of Argyll.
  2. ARCHIBALD of Skipness, m. (ii) Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis.
  k. 1537.
  3. Sir JOHN, m. Muriel, heiress of Cawdor, whence the Campbells of
  Cawdor.
  4. DONALD, Abbot of Coupar, Lord Privy Seal, sired numerous
  progeny.
  5. MARGARET, m. John Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine.
  6. ISABEL, m. Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis.
  7. JANET, m. John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl.
  8. JEAN, m. Sir John Lamont of that Ilk.
  9. CATHERINE, m. (i) Maclean of Duart who marooned her to drown
  and (ii) Campbell of Auchinbreck
  10. MARION, m. 1526 Sir Robert Menzies of that Ilk.
  11. ELEN, contracted 1521 to Sir Gavin Kennedy of Blairquhan.
  He also is said to have had MARY, m. James Stewart, 4th of Bute.

• Occupations:
• about 1500 Governer, Tarbert Castle in Tarbert Castle, Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland.Source 1
• on March 24, 1495 Master of the Royal Household of James IV of Scotland.Source 1
• on April 22, 1500 Royal Lieutenant in the former Lordship of the Isles.Source 1
• before September 9, 1513 Lord High Chancellor of Scotland.Source 1
• He died on September 9, 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, England.Source 1

  Age: 48, Battle of Flodden.

• He is buried after September 9, 1513.Source 1

  Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

• A child of Colin Campbell and Isabel Elizabeth Stewart

Household of Archibald Gillespie Campbell

He is married to Elizabeth Isabel Stuart.

They got married on June 22, 1479 at Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2

Child(ren):

1. Donald Campbell  ± 1492-± 1562 
2. Colin Campbell  1486-1529 
3. Archibald Alexander Campbell  1490-1537
4. John Campbell  ± 1490-1546 
5. Catherine Campbell  
6. Isabel Campbell  
7. Margaret Campbell   
8. Janet Campbell  ????-± 1545
9. Marion Campbell  
10. Helen Campbell  
11. Mary Campbell  

Notes about Archibald Gillespie Campbell

1. The Life Summary of Archibald Gillispie
When Sir Archibald Gillispie Campbell 2nd Earl of Argyll was born in 1465, in Skipness, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, his father, Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll, was 32 and his mother, Isabel Elizabeth Stewart, was 28. He married Elizabeth Isabel Stewart Countess of Argyll on 22 June 1479, in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He registered for military service in 1500. His occupation is listed as governor of tarbert castle in Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland. He died on 9 September 1513, in Branxton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 48, and was buried in Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
Son and heir of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (by his wife Isabel Stewart (d. 26 Oct 1510), 1st dau. and cohrss. of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne

Born: c. 1465

Married: Lady Elizabeth Stuart, 1st dau. of John Stuart, 1st or 10th Earl of Lennox, by his wife Margaret Montgomerie, 1st dau. of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie

Children:

1. Hon Colin Campbell, later 3rd Earl of Argyll
2. Hon Archibald Campbell of Skipnish (d. 18 Jul 1537), Married: bef. 1535 Lady Janet Lyon (widow of John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis; d. 17 Jul 1537), sister of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and 3rd dau. of Hon George Douglas, Master of Angus (by his wife Hon Elizabeth Drummond, 2nd dau. of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond), 1st son and heir ap. of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, by his first wife Elizabeth Boyd, 1st dau. of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd
3. Hon Sir John Campbell of Cawdor (d. 1 May 1546), Married: 1510 Muriel Cawdor (b. 13 Feb 1498; d. c. 1575), dau. and hrss. of Sir John Cawdor, 8th Thane of Cawdor, and had issue
4. Hon Donald Campbell of Keithick, Abbot of Couper 1526-59 (b. 1492; d. 1562), Married: , and had issue
1. Lady Margaret Campbell, Married: John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine and de jure 17th Earl of Mar, and had issue
2. Lady Isabel Campbell, Married: Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis, and had issue
3. Lady Janet Campbell (d. c. 2 Feb 1545/6), Married: John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, and had issue
4. Lady Jean Campbell, Married: Sir John Lamont of that Ilk, and had issue
5. Lady Catherine Campbell (dsp), Married: (1) as his second wife her cousin Lachlan Cattanach Maclean of Dowart, and (2) Archibald Campbell of Auchinbreck
6. Lady Marion Campbell, Married: after 8 Dec 1526 Sir Robert Menzies of that Ilk
7. Lady Ellen Campbell, Married: 1521 (annulled 1522) Sir Gavin Kennedy of Blairquhan (d. bef. 22 Jul 1522), and had issue

Died: 9 Sep 1513 at the Battle of Flodden. He is buried at Kilmun Parish Church.

Tenure: 10 May 1493 - 9 Sep 1513

Other titles: 3rd Lord Campbell, 2nd Lord Lorne

Preceded by: Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

Succeeded by: Eldest son Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll

Note: Master of the Household 1494/5; Lieutenant General of the Isles 1500

Gillespie Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (b. c 1465 - died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and politician who was killed at the Battle of Flodden.

Biography
Archibald was the eldest son of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Isabel Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne.
He was made Master of the Royal Household of James IV of Scotland on 24 March 1495. After a crisis of law and order in the west of Scotland, Argyll was made governor of Tarbert Castle and Baillie of Knapdale, and this was followed by an appointment as Royal Lieutenant in the former Lordship of the Isles on 22 April 1500. Argyll eventually rose to the position of Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. His "clan" was rivalled only by Clan Gordon.

The Earls of Argyll were hereditary Sheriffs of Lorne and Argyll. However, a draft record of the 1504 Parliament of Scotland records a move to request Argyll to hold his Sherriff Court at Perth, where the King and his council could more easily oversee proceedings, if the Earl was found at fault. The historian Norman Macdougall suggests this clause may have been provoked by Argyll's kinship with Torquil MacLeod and MacLean of Duart. These western chiefs supported the suppressed Lordship of the Isles.

The Earl of Argyll was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, with the king and many others. He is buried at Kilmun Parish Church.

Family

By his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, Argyll had issue:

Colin Campbell
Archibald Campbell of Skipness (d 1537 escaping from Edinburgh Castle), second husband of Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis
Sir John Campbell of Calder (d.1546) ancestor of the Earls Cawdor
Donald Campbell the Abbot of Coupar Angus
Margaret Campbell, who married John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine
Isabel Campbell, married Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis
Janet Campbell, married John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
Jean Campbell, married Sir John Lamont of that ilk, son Duncan Lamont
Catherine Campbell, married Lachlan 'Cattanach' Maclean, 11th Chief of Duart, secondly to Archibald Campbell of Auchinbreck
Marion Campbell, married Sir Robert Menzies of that ilk
Elen Campbell, married Sir Gavin Kennedy of Blairquhan
Mary Campbell, married James Stewart, 4th Earl of Bute

References
Year book of the American Clan Gregor Society. 1978. "Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll. He was the son of Colin Campbell, second Lord Campbell and 1st Earl of Argyll, ... In addition to five daughters, the 2nd Earl of Argyll had four sons: 1. Colin Campbell - who became 3rd Earl of ..."
Macdougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 107, citing Register of the Great Seal, vol. 2, no. 2240.
Macdougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 178, citing Register of the Privy Seal, vol. 1, nos. 413, 513, 520.
MacDougall, Norman, James IV, Tuckwell (1997), 184-5, citing Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol. 2, (1814), 241.
James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol i, pp 335-337

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