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Hace 3 días · The Argyll Papers have been described as one of the most important private archives in Britain (Professor Allan Macinnes, 2014). It is a rich resource for Scottish and British history from the thirteenth to the twenty-first centuries and attracts visitors from all over the world, researching a wide range of subjects including family and local history, Gaelic studies, place names, military ...
Hace 5 días · Kensington, of late years, has recovered some of its aristocratical character as a place of residence. Argyll Lodge, on Campden Hill, is the town-house of the Duke of Argyll, and Bedford Lodge, close by, was for many years the mansion of the Dowager Duchess of Bedford. CAMPDEN HOUSE, 1720. KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, IN 1860.
Hace 4 días · The Protestant nobility put themselves at the head of the popular opposition, with Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyll emerging as a leading figure. Representatives of various sections of Scottish society drew up the National Covenant on 28 February 1638, objecting to the King's liturgical innovations. [42]
Hace 2 días · Command that Robert Keith may have daughters of Andrew of Crawford and that Donald Campbell and Niall Campbell be distrained: named person (transaction) 3/311/8 (CDS, v, no. 523) unavailable: Prohibition against Nigel Campbell marrying daughter of Andrew of Crawford: Accused: 3/311/6 (CDS, ii, no. 1406) 13 Feb. 1302 : ERA: undefined (transaction)
Hace 4 días · The role played by bribery has long been debated; £20,000 was distributed by David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, of which 60% went to the Duke of Queensberry, the Queen's Commissioner in Parliament. Another negotiator, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll was given an English dukedom.
Hace 5 días · It is linked to the tartan of Clan Campbell, one of the largest Scottish Highland clans, who ruled the district of Argyll. The pattern came into mainstream fashion in the 20th century when the Duke of Windsor, an avid golfer, started wearing Argyle socks, paving the way for its association with golfing attire.
Hace 3 días · It then became the property of the Dukes of Argyll; and the great and good Duke John, whom Sir Walter Scott introduces so nobly in the scene with Jeanie Deans and Queen Caroline in 'The Heart of Midlothian,' who had lived in the reigns of Anne and Georges I. and II., and who had fought bravely at Ramillies, Malplaquet, and Oudenarde, and who afterwards beat the rebel Earl of Mar and drove the ...
