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Hace 2 días · The Argyll Papers are the family and estate archive of the Duke of Argyll. Dating from the 13th century, the archive records 700 years of the family’s participation in Scottish, British and international events, their private lives and interests and the management of their extensive estates.
Hace 5 días · One of the most compelling passages in the book is Szechi’s account of how Scotland’s victorious Whig grandees, led by the guiding hand of the duke of Argyll, worked patiently and assiduously to reconstruct civil society, moving to drain the Jacobite swamp through a policy of exemplary punishment, limited retribution, and the ...
Hace 2 días · Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680—1743), Master-General of the Ordnance; General John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (c.1693—1770), Colonel of the 2nd (Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons; Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723—1806), Commander-in-Chief, Scotland
Hace 2 días · Soon after becoming king, James faced a rebellion in southern England led by his nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, and another rebellion in Scotland led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll.
Hace 4 días · John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. Lady Frances Anne Vane. George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, DL (13 May 1844 – 9 November 1892), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1857 and Marquess of Blandford between 1857 and 1883, was a British peer.
Hace 5 días · Walpole lost another important ally to the opposition, John, duke of Argyll. Argyll was a member of the Cabinet, the most important Whig landowner in Scotland, and head of Clan Campbell. In the 1734 election his influence in Scotland helped to ensure that 34 of the country’s 45 elected MPs were pro-government.
Hace 3 días · Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 1, 1509-1514
