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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.
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 ...
Elizabeth Gunning. George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, GCH, PC (22 September 1768 – 22 October 1839), styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman .
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll was a Liberal politician and natural historian. He wrote on a diverse range of subjects, from ornithology to geology.Argyll was one of the scientific figures opposed to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. While not opposed to evolution in general, Argyll believed that there may have been several creations and that life on earth ...
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll KG KT PC FRS FRSE (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a British polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island of Mull.
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.
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 ...
