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 2o6 COMPLETE PEERAGE argyll heirs male whosoever. (") He m., 12 Mar. 1677/8, probably at Edinburgh, Elizabeth, 3rd da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, Bart., by Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Dysart [S.]. He d. C') 25 Sep. 1703, at Cherton House, near Newcastle. (") His will, made long before his creation as a Duke, in which he styles himself " Earl of Argyll, Lord Kintyre, Campbell and Lome," dat. 26 Sep. 1690, at Inveraray, was produced 2 Oct. 1703, at Edinburgh, and pr. i July 1704. His widow, who was bap. 10 July 1659, at Great Fakenham, Suffolk, and who had been separated from her husband many years before his death, d. 9 May 1735, ^* Campbelltown. DUKEDOM [S.] II. EARLDOM [S.] XL 2 and 1 1. John (Campbell), Duke of Ar- gyll, ^c. [S.], s. and h., b. 10 Oct. 1680,, at Ham House, Petersham. C^) K.T. 4 Feb. ' ^' 1703/4. An extraordinary Lord of Session 1704-08. High Commissioner of the Pari. [S.] 1705. He exerted himself greatly in favour of the Protestant succession, and of the Union between England and Scotland. On 26 Nov. 1705, he was cr. BARON OF CHATHAM, and EARL OF GREENWICH, Kent [E.]. Col. of the 4th troop of Horse Guards 1703-15 ; Col. of the 3rd Regt. of Foot (or Buffs) 1707-11 ; Col. of the Royal Horse Guards 1715-17, 1733-40, and Feb. to Mar. 1742 ; Col. of the 3rd Horse (now 2nd Dragoon Guards) 1726-33. Brig. Gen. 1704 ; Major Gen. 1706 ; Lieut. Gen. 1709 ; Gen. 171 1 ; Field Marshal 14 Jan. 1735/6. He served in the wars under Marlborough with great distinction, 1708-10. P.C. [G.B.] 3 Feb. 1708/9. El. K.G. 22 Mar. 1709/10, when he resigned the Order of the Thistle, (") inst. 22 Dec. 17 10. Ambassador to Charles III of Spain Jan. 1710/1. Governor of Minorca June 1712 to Apr. 1714, and 5 Oct. 1 7 14 to July 1716; Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1 712-14. At the Council of 30 July 1714, whereby the undisputed succession of the House of Hanover was chiefly secured, he and the Duke of Somerset boldly presented themselves without having been summoned. He was one of the Lords Justices, Regents of the Realm (i Aug. to 18 Sep. 17 14), (*) The patent is made out in the plural — I.e. " Duces de Argyll, isfc., " the word " Lorn " being spelt therein without the final " e. " It is to be remarked that " the limitation of the Dukedom of Argyll is so expressed that the Earldom can never subsist independently of it. " (Riddell, Scotch Peerage Law, 1833, p. 109, note I.) C") Of the black jaundice, " in the arms of his whore. " V.G. (^) In personal qualities, one of the most insignificant of the long line of nobles who have borne that great name. " (Macaulay.) Two letters to Robert Harley, of I and 5 Oct. 1703, describe his death, and mention his "eminent parts and endow- ments of mind, " as well as " his vices and scandalous course of life. " V.G. C) A letter to Robert Harley, 5 Oct. 1703, speaks of him as "a very hopeful person, being sober, thoughtful, a good husband, and having to a more than ordinary degree the promising character of being a strict observer of his word. " V.G. (^) He was the first (ordinary) Knight of the Thistle who was honoured with the Order of the Garter. See p. 16, note " d. "