Biography of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll 1629-1685

In 1626 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 18] and [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Douglas 7th Earl Morton [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Anne Keith Countess Morton. He the son of Archibald Campbell 7th Earl Argyll [aged 51] and Agnes Douglas Countess Argyll. They were first cousin once removed.

On 26th February 1629 Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll was born to [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 21] and [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 19] at Dalkeith. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.20%.

In 1638 [his grandfather] Archibald Campbell 7th Earl Argyll [aged 63] died. He was buried at Kilmun Church. His son [his father] Archibald [aged 30] succeeded 8th Earl Argyll. [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 28] by marriage Countess Argyll.

In 1641 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 33] was created 1st Marquess Argyll. [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 31] by marriage Marchioness Argyll.

In 1643 Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 13] enrolled at Glasgow University, Glasgow.

On 13th May 1650 Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 21] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 22] were married at Canongate Kirk, Canongate. She the daughter of James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray [aged 39] and Margaret Home Countess Moray. He the son of Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 43] and Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 40]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 4th March 1653 [his father-in-law] James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray [aged 42] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Alexander [aged 18] succeeded 5th Earl Moray.

On 22nd May 1657 [his brother-in-law] George Sinclair 6th Earl Caithness [aged 21] and [his sister] Mary Campbell Countess Caithness, Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Caithness. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 50] and [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 47]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1658 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Stuart 5th Earl of Moray [aged 23] and Emilia Balfour Countess Moray [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. He the son of [his father-in-law] James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray and Margaret Home Countess Moray.

On 25th July 1658 [his son] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 30]. He married 12th March 1678 his sixth cousin Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll, daughter of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale, and had issue.

Around 1660 [his son] John Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 32]. He married before 1693 his fifth cousin once removed Elizabeth Elphinstone and had issue.

Around 1660 [his son] Captain James Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 32]. He married (1) 10th November 1690 Mary Wharton.

On 27th May 1661 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 54] was beheaded for his perceived treason on the restoration of Charles II at Edinburgh. He was buried at Kilmun Church.

Monument in the North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 17th April 1662. The young Marquis of Argyle [aged 33] [Note. Evelyn makes a mistake here insofar as Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll was only restored to the Earldom.], whose turbulent father was executed in Scotland, came to see my garden. He seemed a man of parts.

In October 1663 Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 34] succeeded 9th Earl Argyll. [his wife] Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 35] by marriage Countess Argyll.

In May 1668 [his wife] Mary Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 40] died.

In 1678 [his brother-in-law] John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 41] and [his sister] Mary Campbell Countess Caithness, Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 43] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll and [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 68]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1678 [his mother] Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll [aged 68] died.

On 12th March 1678 Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 19] and Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 51]. He the son of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 49] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. They were sixth cousins.

On 1st July 1678 [his son-in-law] Richard Maitland 4th Earl Lauderdale [aged 25] and Anne Campbell were married. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 49] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. He the son of Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale.

On 13th August 1681 [his brother-in-law] John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 45] was created 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland. [his sister] Mary Campbell Countess Caithness, Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 47] by marriage Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.

In June 1685 [his son-in-law] William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian [aged 24] and Jean Campbell Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 56] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. He the son of Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian [aged 49] and Jean Campbell. They were first cousins.

[his daughter] Anne Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. She married 1st July 1678 Richard Maitland 4th Earl Lauderdale, son of Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale.

[his daughter] Jean Campbell Marchioness Lothian was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. She married June 1685 her first cousin William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian, son of Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian and Jean Campbell, and had issue.

[his son] Charles Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll.

[his daughter] Mary Campbell Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll.