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- 6th Earl, younger son of Archibald 4th Earl, by his 2nd wife. He married, 1st, Janet, eldest daughter of Henry, first Lord Methven, without issue; 2ndly Lady Agnes Keith, eldest daughter of William, fourth Earl Marischal, widow of the Regent Moray, by whom he had two sons, Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll, and the Hon Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie, created a baronet in 1627.
On the 28th of January 1581, with the king and many of the nobility, Colin subscribed a second Confession of Faith. He died in October 1584, after a long illness.
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In Electric Scotland they write:
COLIN, sixth Earl of Argyll, soon after his accession to the earldom had a quarrel with Morton, arising out of his claim of jurisdiction as hereditary Justice-General of Scotland, and his alienation from the Regent was confirmed by his demanding the restitution of the valuable crown jewels which the Earl had obtained either from his sister-in-law, or more probably through his second wife, who was the widow of the Regent Moray. Athole and Argyll, who had quarrelled about their jurisdiction, and were on the eve of settling the matter by trial of battle, learning that the Regent intended to prosecute them for treason, united in a confederacy against him, and resolved to effect his overthrow.
On the 4th of March, 1578, Argyll proceeded to Stirling, and complained loudly to the King of the oppressive and tyrannical proceedings of the Regent, and recommended James to take the government into his own hands, which was accordingly done, and Argyll was placed at the head of the Council of Twelve, appointed to assist the King, who was only twelve years of age, in the management of public affairs. The crafty ex-Regent, however, overreached his opponents, and in the course of a few weeks contrived to obtain possession of the King
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Bef 1546 - 1584 (> 38 years)
