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 212 COMPLETE PEERAGE argyll 1900; Lord Lieut, of Argyll from 1862, and Trustee of the Brit. Museum from 1865, till death. Secretary of State for India 1868-74; D-C.L. Oxford, 1870; Lord Privy Seal (3rd time) 1880-81. K.G. 22 Oct. 1883, inv. 15 July 1884, retaining therewith the order of the Thistle. (*) He was cr., 7 Aug. 1892, DUKE OF ARGYLL [U.K.]. In politics he was reckoned a Peelite till 1855, a Liberal 1855-86, and thereafter a Liberal Unionist. He m., istly, at Trentham, 31 July 1844, Elizabeth Georgiana, 1st da. of George Granville (Sutherland Leveson Gower), 2nd Duke of Sutherland, by Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana, 3rd da. of George (Howard), 6th Earl of Carlisle. She was L 30 May 1824, and was Mistress of the Robes to the Queen from Dec. 1868 to Jan. 1870. (") She d., suddenly, 25 May 1878, at Carlton House Terrace, Midx., and was i>ur. at Kilmun. He m., 2ndly, 19 Aug. 188 1, at Danbury Palace, Essex, Amelia Maria, widow of Col. the Hon. Archibald Henry Augustus Anson, and ist da. of Thomas Legh Claughton, Bishop of St. Albans, by Julia Susanna, istda. of William Humble (Ward), loth Lord Ward. She d. 4 Jan. 1894, at Inveraray, aged 50, and was l?ur. at Cannes with her ist husband. Will pr. at ;^I357 gross, and at nil net. He m., 3rdly, 30 July 1895, at the Chapel in the Bishop's Palace, Ripon, Ina Erskine, da. of Archibald McNeill, of Colonsay, Argyll. She was an extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria. He d. 24 Apr. 1900, (°) at Inveraray, and was bur. at Kilmun, aged nearly 77. Will pr. above ;^ 9 2, 000 personalty. DUKEDOM [U.K.] IL DUKEDOM [S.] IX. 2, 9 and 18. John Douglas Suther- land (Campbell), C) Duke of Argyll [U.K. 1892], Duke OF Argyll, Marquess " " ■ OF Kintyre and Lorn (sic) [1701] ; Earl OF Argyll [1457] ; Earl of Campbell AND COWALL [17OI]; ViSCOUNT LoCHOW (") He was one of the (ordinary) Knights of the Thistle (of whom his ancestor, the 3rd Duke, was another) who have obtained the Garter ; but, in his case, was added the very rare distinction of being one (out of four) of those Knights who were per- mitted to retain hot/i orders. See ante, p. 16, note " d. " (*") For a list of these ladies see note sub Manchester. C') He is thus described in Gent. Mag., Feb. 1857. "Remarkable for an extreme juvenility of appearance, and hair which his enemies might call red. A slim person, features intelligent and regular, a good voice and excellent delivery, great con- fidence and self possession of manner, and considerable industry, constitute some of his characteristics. " In later life he proved himself a very able man, both in politics (as a Liberal), and in other fields, but was somewhat too arrogant and cocksure. On his retirement from Gladstone's Goverment in 188 1, Punch insinuated the Ducal surprise, that the Ministry did not instantly collapse, by putting in his mouth Macbeth's lines, " The time has been That when the brains were out the man would die. " He was author of a work called The Reign of Law, written with the object of reconciling the claims of Science and Religion. V.G. (■*) He was gazetted (on the announcement of his marriage) 25 Oct. 1870, as "John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland," which was corrected as above