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- George 8th Duke of Argyll, son of 7th Duke, was born in 1823, married in 1844, Lady Elizabeth Georgina (born in 1824), eldest daughter of the George Granville Leveson- Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland; issue, John Douglas Sutherland, Marquis of Lorn (M.P. for Argyleshire), born in 1845, and other children. He donated the island of Iona to the Church of Scotland. He and his wife were buried at Iona. His Grace has distinguished himself not only in politics, but in science; to geology, in particular, he has devoted much attention, and his writings prove him to be possessed of considerable literary ability.
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George Douglas Campbell, the eighth Duke of Argyll, who has attained a high reputation both in politics and in literature. An old Highland prophecy foretold that the ancient power and honour of the house should be restored by a MacCalian More, whose locks would be of the same hue as those of the famous
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