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Description. Also known as. English. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. Scottish peer, Liberal politician and writer on science, religion, and politics (1823-1900) 8th Duke of Argyll George Douglas Campbell. George Campbell. George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. Marquess of Lorne.
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. English: George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900) was a prominent United Kingdom Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. George Campbell, 8.º Duque de Argyll por George Frederic Watts, cerca de 1860.
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He was the husband of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of ...
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) As a major landowner, the Duke of Argyll was a prominent man in society. He held many important state and institutional positions including Privy Seal, Postmaster-General and Secretary of State for India. Argyll actively campaigned and wrote on many aspects of science, religion and politics.
"Campbell, George Douglas, Duke of Argyll," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols. "Argyll, George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons ...
The Duke of Argyll (Scottish Gaelic: Diùc Earra-Ghàidheil) is a title, created by Letters Patent in the Peerage of Scotland June 23, 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom April 7, 1892. The Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll were for centuries among the most powerful noble families in Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. They played a major role in Scottish and British ...
The Duke is the elder child and only son of Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll and Iona Mary Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet. He was educated at Craigflower Preparatory School, Cargilfield Preparatory School, Glenalmond College, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.
