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Hace 3 días · He was pursued by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, who was now being steadily reinforced. Mar’s army, on the other hand, was gradually shrinking through desertion. Not even 'the Old Pretender' himself, who arrived by ship from France on 22 December 1715, could rouse his followers.
Hace 3 días · In 1706 John Campbell, second Duke of Argyll, became the inhabitant of a house on the east side of King Street which stood on the site now occupied by the western end of Little Argyll Street (see fig. 55).
Hace 3 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 · The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) This Scottish infantry regiment was formed in 1881. It served with the British Army until 1961, when it was merged into The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons).
Hace 5 días · In 1704 it was owned with other Combe fee-farm rents by Sir Robert Dashwood, who sold them in 1721 to John Campbell, duke of Argyll. They later passed to Henry Scott, duke of Buccleuch, from whom they were bought in 1778 by the duke of Marlborough.
Hace 3 días · The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment fought in the French and Indian Wars in North America before defeating George Washington at the Battle of Long Island in 1776 during the American War of Independence (1775-83).
Hace 5 días · "30 An Act to enable the most Noble Jane Dutchess Dowager of Argyll and Greenwich to grant Leases of the Ground, and Repairing Leases of the Houses and Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, mentioned in the Will of John late Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, deceased"
