Archibald Campbell, of Dunoon

Archibald Campbell, of Dunoon

Male - Bef 1589

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  • Name Archibald Campbell 
    Suffix of Dunoon 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 26 Apr 1589 
    Person ID I2566  Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 

    Father Robert Campbell, of Auchawillan,   d. Bef 30 Mar 1540 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isobel Leche or MacLachlan 
    Children 
     1. John Campbell, 2nd of Inellan,   d. Bef 19 Jan 1605/06  [natural]
     2. Donald Campbell, of Glenmassen  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 
    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dunoon Castle was captured from Balliol in 1334 by Robert Stewart and by Sir Colin Campbell of Lochawe or Dougall Campbell - accounts differ. It was thereafter held by a variety of constables until 1460/1 when Colin, 1st Earl of Argyll received a liferent of the castle lands in return for garrisoning it and keeping it in good repair. In 1473 he received a charter giving him the hereditary custody of the castle with the power to appoint constables. In 1550, Archibald, Master of Argyll, later the 5th Earl, granted the keepership of the castle together with the twenty seven merklands that went with it to Colin Campbell of Ardkinglas for the service of two boats. In 1571 , Archibald, by then 5th Earl, granted the castle acre and the office of Baillie to Archibald Campbell, a cadet of the Ardkinglas family, as Captain of the Castle of Dunoon. From him descended the Campbells of Innellan and Dunoon.