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- NOTABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF ARGYLESHIRE,
73. Campbell, James, of Burnbank and ISOQUHAN, COLONEL, M.P, : Public man, This gentleman was the youngest brother of Archibald Campbell, Duke of Argyll : but his name is omitted from many of the peerages. This is distinctly unfair to James, whose life had elements of romance occurring in it He was a Captain of Dragoons, and ultimately attained Colonel's rank, It is as " Colonel James" that Foster speaks of him. He eloped in his hot youth with Mary, daughter of Sir George Wharton, and went through a form of marriage with her ; but the marriage was annulled by Act of Parliament, 20th December, 1690. He ultimately led to the altar Margaret Lesly, third daughter of David, Lord Newark, the celebrated military leader. His wife died in 1755, but whether before or after her husband's decease I cannot find. The Colonel was M.P. for Renfrew, 1699-1702, and for Ayr Burghs, 1708-1710.
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(Age 56 years) 