Biography of George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll 1768-1839

On 3rd January 1759 [his father] John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 35] and [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 25] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 66] and [his grandmother] Mary Drummond Bellenden.

On 22nd September 1768 George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll was born to [his father] John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 45] and [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 34].

On 7th July 1769 [his half-brother] James Hamilton 7th Duke Hamilton 4th Duke Brandon [aged 14] died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His brother Douglas [aged 12] succeeded 8th Duke Hamilton, 5th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 4th Marquess Douglas, 5th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.

On 9th November 1770 [his grandfather] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 77] died. His son [his father] John [aged 47] succeeded 5th Duke Argyll. [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 36] by marriage Countess Argyll.

On 23rd June 1774 [his brother-in-law] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 21] and [his half-sister] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon and [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 40].

On 22nd February 1776 Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby [aged 86] died. His grandson [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 23] succeeded 12th Earl Derby, 6th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his half-sister] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 23] by marriage Countess Derby.

Around 1777 [his half-brother] Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon [aged 20] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. He the son of James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon and [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 43].

On 20th December 1790 [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 57] died in Argyll House 211 King's Road King's Road. Her son [his half-brother] Douglas [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 5th July 1795 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 27] and [his future wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 60] and [his future mother-in-law] Frances Twysden [aged 42]. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 51] and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 53].

On 14th March 1797 [his half-sister] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 44] died of tuberculosis.

On 1st May 1797 [his former brother-in-law] Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 44] and Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. The marriage taking place six weeks after the death of his estranged wife [his half-sister] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby.

On 2nd August 1799 [his half-brother] Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon [aged 43] died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His uncle Archibald [aged 59] succeeded 9th Duke Hamilton, 6th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 5th Marquess Douglas, 6th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. His half brother George [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 24th May 1806 [his father] John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 82] died. His son George [aged 37] succeeded 6th Duke Argyll.

On 29th November 1810, a month after her divorce, George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll [aged 42] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 35] were married at Canongate Kirk. She by marriage Duchess Argyll. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden [aged 57]. He the son of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

On 29th November 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 42] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 35] were divorced by an act of Parliament as a result of his having had an affair with Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 29] whose husband Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 37] also sought a divorce.

On 8th January 1816 Edward Crofton 3rd Baronet [aged 37] died. His son Edward [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Baronet Crofton of The Mote in Roscommon. [his step-daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton [aged 15] by marriage Lady Crofton of The Mote in Roscommon.

On 10th April 1817 Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond [aged 25] and [his step-daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 48] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 42]. He the son of Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 52] and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond [aged 48].

On 5th August 1819 [his step-son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 22] and Eleanora Campbell were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 51] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 44].

On 28th August 1819 Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 54] died. His son Charles [aged 28] succeeded 5th Duke Richmond, 5th Earl March, 5th Baron Settrington. [his step-daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Richmond.

In 1820 [his brother] John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Glassel [aged 45] were married. He the son of [his father] John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and [his mother] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

In 1820 Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore [aged 22] and [his step-daughter] Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 51] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 45].

On 23rd April 1824 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham [aged 26] and [his step-daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 55] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 49]. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 57] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 55].

On 28th December 1825 [his step-son] Arthur Paget [aged 20] died.

On 7th March 1829 George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 22] and [his step-daughter] Agnes Paget [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 60] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 54]. He the son of John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 57] and Mary Stevens Mackenzie.

On 28th December 1832 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 66] died. His son Francis [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham, 2nd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. [his step-daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.

On 27th August 1833 [his step-son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 36] and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 65] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 58]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 19th October 1833 Edward Crofton 2nd Baron Crofton [aged 27] and [his step-daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 65] and [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 58].

On 16th June 1835 [his wife] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 60] died.

On 22nd October 1839 George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll [aged 71] died. His brother John [aged 61] succeeded 7th Duke Argyll, 4th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 10th November 1839 George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll [deceased] was buried at Kilmun Parish Church.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember often meeting Lady Charlotte Cadogan, who ran away with Lord Anglesey; they lived together for some years until Lady Anglesey divorced her husband, and he was free to marry Lady Charlotte. Lady Anglesey, who was a daughter of the Earl of Jersey, afterwards married the sixth Duke of Argyll, but she was a great invalid and quite a cripple during the latter part of her life.