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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 Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Argyll held various government posts as a whig including Privy Seal four times and Secretary of State of India from 1868 to 1874. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and interested in scientific progress, although opposed to the theory of evolution.
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 Whig politician George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, was born on 30 April 1823. He was educated privately. He succeeded his brother as Marquis of Lorne in 1837 and succeeded the 7th Duke of Argyll, his father John Douglas Edward Henry (1777-1847), in 1847.
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.
When George John Douglas Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll was born on 30 April 1823, in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke of Argyll, was 45 and his mother, Joanna Glassel, was 26. He married Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess of Argyll on 31 July 1844, in Trentham ...
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 ...
