Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll

1597 - 1661  (64 years)

• Name	Archibald Campbell  [1]
  Suffix	8th Earl of Argyll
  Born	1597  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 May 1661	executed by decapitation in Edinburgh
  Buried	Kilmun
  Person ID	I0218	Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll,   b. Abt 1575,   d. 29 Nov 1638  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Douglas,   d. 3 May 1607
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Jul 1592  [3]
  Family ID	F0123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Douglas,   b. 1610,   d. 13 Mar 1677/78  (Age 68 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1626  [3]
  Children	1. Anne Campbell  [natural]   2. Jean Campbell  [natural]   3. Isabella Campbell,   b. 20 May 1650,   d. 19 Oct 1663  (Age 13 years)  [natural]   4. Lady Mary Campbell, Countess of Caithness,   d. 4 Feb 1690/91  [natural]   5. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll,   b. 26 Feb 1628/29,   d. 30 Jun 1685, executed  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   6. Lord Neil Campbell, of Ardmaddy,   b. 1630, Dalkeith, Scotland ,   d. Apr 1692  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F0133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marquis of Argyll, Lord Campbell and Lorne (11/15/1641). In 1641 Archibald, 8th Earl of Argyll, was made Marquess of Argyll and ruled Scotland for a time during the Civil Wars. He was beheaded in 1661. Defeated by Montrose at Inverlochy in 1645. Crowned King Charles II. He met his end with dignity saying "I set the crown on the King's head, he hastens me now to a better crown than his." 8th Earl of Argyll, son of Archibald the Grim, Lord of Lorne, created Marquess of Argyle in 1641, when Charles I. visited Scotland and sought to calm the political crisis He already succeeded to his father's duties as Chief in 1619 as Archibald the Grim had preferred to leave to the spanish Netherlands. As he was ill-favoured with crooked features and a squint which led him to be called "The gleyed Argyll". While Montrose supported the Covenant in the east, he was their western leader. (Montrose changed sides in 1644). After the defeat of the Royalists he was awarded

  
  

• Sources

  [S03269] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 2, p. xx. [S03271] Burkes Peerage of Scotland. [S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston, 15.