Archibald CAMPBELL, 2nd Earl of Argyll [6777] 1590
- Born: 6 May 1465, Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland 1590
- Marriage (1): Lady Elizabeth STEWART Countess of Argyll [6778] about 1479 in , , Argyll, Scotland 1591
- Died: 9 September 1513, Killed in the Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberlandshire, England at age 48 1590
- Buried: 1513, Kilmun Parish Church and Cemetery Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 1590
FamilySearch ID: LTM8-83T.
General Notes:
Archibald was the eldest son of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Isabel Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne.
He was made Master of the Royal Household of James IV of Scotland on 24 March 1495. After a crisis of law and order in the west of Scotland, Argyll was made governor of Tarbert Castle and Baillie of Knapdale, and this was followed by an appointment as Royal Lieutenant in the former Lordship of the Isles on 22 April 1500. Argyll eventually rose to the position of Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. His "clan" was rivalled only by Clan Gordon.
The Earls of Argyll were hereditary Sheriffs of Lorne and Argyll. However, a draft record of the 1504 Parliament of Scotland records a move to request Argyll to hold his Sherriff Court at Perth, where the King and his council could more easily oversee proceedings, if the Earl was found at fault. The historian Norman Macdougall suggests this clause may have been provoked by Argyll's kinship with Torquil MacLeod and MacLean of Duart. These western chiefs supported the suppressed Lordship of the Isles.
The Earl of Argyll was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, with the king and many others. He is buried at Kilmun Parish Church.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Cause of Death: Cause: killed at battle of Flodden., on an unknown date,. 1592
Archibald married Lady Elizabeth STEWART Countess of Argyll [6778] [MRIN: 5470], daughter of Sir John STEWART 1st Earl of Lennox [6785] and Margaret MONTGOMERY of Ardrossan - Countess of Lennox [6786], about 1479 in , , Argyll, Scotland.1591 (Lady Elizabeth STEWART Countess of Argyll [6778] was born on 9 April 1459 in Darnley, , Renfrewshire, Scotland,1590 died on 9 December 1529 in Castle Campbell, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1590 and was buried in 1529 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland 1590.)
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