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 844 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. The second son, Gilbert, went to the eolony of Victoria in 1S41, and bought the estate, in conjunction with his brother, of Meningoort, where he lired until liisdeath, in 1873, unm. The third son, John, went to Canada, and acquired property in Toronto, where he d. in 1860, leaving a widow and three children. The fourth son is the present Petee Mc- Arthur, of Meningoort ; the eldest daughter Crest — Between iu-o hranches of bay a grt Motto — Fide et opera. liesidence — Meningoort, Camperdown, eo, Anno, Hi. Mr. Gri.cnRiST, went to Canada, and d. there ; the second daughter m. her cousin, Duncan McARTiirB, who lived in Islay, and d. there 18G2, leaving four daugliters; and the third daugliter m. Mr. Ryeburx, and went to the United .States, where they both died, leaving two children. By his second marriage, Jolin Mc.Vrtluir had one son, George Alexander Douglas, h. 27th September, 1887. ■ei/liottnd coiichant, ppr. . Hampden, Yictoria. Campbell SIR NORMAN MONTGOMERY ABERCROMBIE CAMPBELL, Bart, of Aucliinbrock, h. 2ind March, 1846. m. 19fch May, 1886, Isabella Sarn, tliii'd daugliter of the late Jerome Caraxdini, Marquis do Sarzano, and widow of George Cotterell, and has issue, Moira Constance, h. 1887. Ida Cerise, h. 1888. ILiiuaw. Eight centuries ago, Gillespie Campbell acquired, by inaiTiage with an heiress, the lordship of Locliow, in Ai-gyllshire, and from him descended, Sir Colin Campbell, of Locliow, who, dis- tinguished as well by the great acquisitions he had made to his estate as by his achievements in war, obtained the surname of More, or Great ; and from him the chief of the house is in the Gaelic styled, to this day, MacCa- LAIN More. He was kuight«d by Alexan- der III, 1280, and was one of the nominees 129 1, on t he part of Robert Bruce, in the contest for tlic crown of Scotland. This renowned and gallant chieftain was slain in a conflict with his powerful neighbour, the Lord of Lorn, at a place called the String of Lorn, where a cairn was erected over his grave. The event occasioned continued feuds for a series of years between the houses of Lochow and Lorn, which terminated at last by the marriage of the first Earl of Argyll with the heiress of Lorn. Sir Colin m. a lady of the name of St. Clair, and had, I. Neil, his successor. II. Donald, ancestor of Campbell, Earl of LorDOUN {see Burke's Peerage). III. Dugald (Sir), who swore fealty to Edward I, in 1296, but altervvards joined Eobert Bruce. IV. Arthur, who having sworn fidelity with his brother to King Edward, like him, afterwards joiued Eobert Bruce, from whom he obtained two charters of the constabidary of Dunstaffnage, with the mains thereof. T. Duncan, likewise a supporter of the Bruce. Sir Colin was s. by his eldest son. Sir Neil Campbell, who was knighted by Alexander [II, towards the close of that monarch's reign. He swore fealty, with his brothers, in 1296, to King Edward, but altervvards joining Robert Bruce, adhered to him in prosperity and adversity, and fought by his side in almost every field, from the battle of Methven to that of Bannockburn. The king had so high a sense of Campbell's services that he gave him his sister, Lady Mary Bruce, in marriage, and granted to him and his said wife, and John their son, all the lands which belonged to David de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl. When the triumph of Bannock- burn had decided the independence of Scot- land, Sir Neil Campbell was one of the great barons in the parliament which met at Ayr, 26th April, 1315, and fixed the succession to the Crown. By the Lady Mary Bruce, (who m. secondly, Sir Alexander Eraser), he had three sons, viz., I. Colin, of whom prcsentiy. II. John (Sir), of Moulin, who, upon the forfeiture of David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of AtliuU, was advanced to that earldom. He fell at the battle of Halidon Hill, 1333 ; and dying without issue, that Earldom of Atholl reverted to the Crown. III. Duncan, of Menstrie. SirNeil d. in 1316, and was «. by his eldest son. Sir Colin Campbell, of Lochow, who accompanied the king into Ireland, in 1316, to assist in placing liis brother, Edward Bruce, upon the tlirone of that kingdom. Sir Colin, in 1334, assisted the Steward of Scotland in the recovery of the Castle of Dunoon from the English, which gave the first turn of fortune in favour of Xing David Brtce, and he was in consequence appointed heritable governor of that fortress. He ;». a lady of the house of Lennox, and had three sous and a daughter, viz., I. Archibald, of whom presently. II. Jolm, ancestor of the Campbells of