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 ARKLow COMPLETE PEERAGE 213 EARLDOM [S.] 1 and Glenyla [1701] ; Lord Campbell I-1900. [1445] ; Lord Lorne (sic) [1470] ; XVIII. J Lord of Kintyre [1626] ; and Lord of Inverary, Mull, Morvern and Tirie [1701], all in the Peerage of Scotland, also Lord Sundridge [1764], and Lord Hamilton [1776], both in the Peerage of G.B., Hereditary Master (") of the Royal Household [S.], ist s. and h. by ist wife, b. 6 Aug. 1845, at Stafford House, St. James's, Westm. Ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge. Private Sec. to his father at the India Office 1868-71. M.P. for Argyllshire (Liberal) 1868-78, and for Manchester South (Lib. Unionist) 1895-1900. K.T. (extra) 21 Mar. 1871. P.C. 17 Mar. 1875. G.C.M.G. 14 Sep. 1878. Gov. Gen. of Canada Oct. 1878-83. C) Pres. of the Royal Geog. Soc. 1884-85; Constable of Windsor Castle 1892. Lord Lieut, of Argyll 1900 ; G.C.V.O. 2 Feb. 1901. He m., 21 Mar. 1 87 1, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, H.R.H. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, (") 4th da. of Queen Victoria. She was ^.18 Mar. 1848. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were about 168,000 acres in co. Arg)'ll, and about 7,000 in co. Dunbarton. Total about 175,000 acres, worth about ;^ 5 1,000 a year. C) Principal residences. — Inveraray Castle, Argyll ; and Roseneath, co. Dunbarton. ARKLOVV^ The existence of the Barony of Arklow as an Irish Peerage, though believed in by some, can hardly be maintained. In the elaborate account of the Butler family given (1754 and 1789) by John Lodge, in his Peerage of Ireland (vol. iv., pp. 1-76), the title of " Baron of Arklow " is not even mentioned. William Lynch, however (who may be considered as an authority on Feudal Institutions in Ireland), classes it (p. 92) as " an ancient feudal Barony " descending (in accordance with his views on these "prescriptive or feudal dignities ") to the heir male. He contends (p. 81) that the first holder of this " Barony " was Theobald Walter, (") the first (by the omission of the names " George Edward Henry ") in the Gazette of 25 Nov. following. (") This office was confirmed as hereditary in 1676. See ante, p. 204, note " e. " (*) " Of pleasant, picturesque appearance, thoroughly courteous and kindly, of reflective habits, studious tastes and no mean intellectual endowments. " {Society in London, 1885, p. 17.) Short, stout, with yellow hair, regular features, good com- plexion. V.G. (') She and her husband have each a descent from James I of Scotland (1394-1437). C) The Duke of Argyll is one of the 28 noblemen who possess above 100,000 acres in the United Kingdom, being in point of acreage (though by no means of rental) the I ith. See note sub Duke of Buccleuch. C^) J. H. Round, in an article on Theobald Butler, in Diet, of Nat. Biog., says that he "received from John (before 1 189) the fief of Arklow, afterwards confirmed to him