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Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll¹

• Father: Archibald Campbell Master of Campbell² b. 1405, d. 10 May 1493
• Mother: Elizabeth Somerville² d. c 1447

• Relationships: 2nd cousin 10 times removed of Dougald MacFarlane, 8th great-grandfather of Margaret MacDonell, 13th great-grandfather of Donald James MacFarlane
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• Birth*: Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll was born between 1435 and 1440 in Castle Lochawe, Argyllshire, Scotland.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Lady Isabel Stewart of Lorne, Countess of Argyle, daughter of John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorne, on 9 April 1465 in Castle Lochawe, Argyllshire, Scotland.^3,4
• Death*: Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll died on 10 May 1493 in Tower, Strathfillan, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.^2,4
• Biography*: He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Campbell in 1453. He was created 1st Earl of Argyll [Scotland] in 1457. He held the office of Baillie of Cowal in 1460. He held the office of Master of the Household in 1464. He was created 1st Lord Lorne [Scotland] on 17 April 1470, together with a conveyance to him of the lands of and lordship of Lorne, after the resignation of his wife's uncle, Walter Stewart as Lord Lorne (who was then created Lord Innermeath). He held the office of Hereditary Justiciary and Sheriff of the lordship of Lorne in 1471. He held the office of Lieutenant and Commissary of Argyll in 1479. He held the office of Chancellor [Scotland] between 1483 and February 1488, being deprived of office after the rebellion and death of King James III. In 1487 he joined the conspiracy of the nobles against King James III. He held the office of Chancellor [Scotland] between June 1488 and 1493, reinstated by King James IV.
  
  He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
  
  Campbell, Colin, second Lord Campbell and first Earl of Argyll d. 1493, was the son of Archibald, second, but eldest, surviving son of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, created Lord Campbell in 1445. He succeeded his grandfather in 1453. On the death of his father he was placed under the care of his uncle, Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, who concluded a match between him and Isabel Stewart, the eldest of the three daughters, and coheiresses of John, third lord of Lorne. Having acquired the principal part of the landed property of the two sisters of his wife, he exchanged certain lands in Perthshire for the lordship of Lorne with Walter, their uncle, on whom the lordship of Lorne, which stood limited to heirs male, had devolved. In 1457 he was created, by James II, Earl of Argyll. He was one of the commissioners for negotiating a truce with Edward IV of England, in 1463. In 1465 he was appointed, along with Lord Boyd, lord justiciary of Scotland on the south of the Forth, and after the flight of Lord Boyd to England he acted as sole justiciary. In 1474 he was appointed one of the commissioners to settle the treaty of alliance with Edward IV, by which James, prince of Scotland, was affianced to Cecilia, youngest daughter of Edward. Early in 1483 he received the office of lord high chancellor of Scotland. He was one of the commissioners sent to France in 1484 to renew the ancient league with the crown, which was confirmed at Paris 9 July, and also one of the commissioners who concluded the pacification at Nottingham with Richard III, 21 Sept. of the same year. In 1487 he joined the conspiracy of the nobles against James III, and at the time of the murder of the king, after the battle of Sauchieburn, he was in England on an embassy to Henry VII. After the accession of James IV he was restored to the office of lord high chancellor. He died 10 May 1493. He had two sons and seven daughters. It is from him that the greatness of the house of Argyll properly dates. Besides the lordship of Lorne he also acquired that of Campbell and Castle Campbell in the parish of Dollar, and in 1481 he received a grant of many lands in Knapdale, along with the keeping of Castle Sweyn, which had formerly been held by the lords of the Isles. In the general political transactions of Scotland he acted a leading part, and as regards the south-western highlands he laid the foundation of that unrivalled influence which the house of Argyll has enjoyed for many centuries.^5,6