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- Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493) was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville, daughter of John Somerville, 3rd Lord Somerville. He had the sobriquet Colin Mulle, Bold Earl Colin.
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Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493) was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville, daughter of John Somerville, 3rd Lord Somerville. He had the sobriquet Colin Mulle, Bold Earl Colin.
When Colin Campbell 1st Earl of Argyll was born on 10 September 1433, in Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland, his father, Sir Archibald Campbell Master of Campbell, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Somerville, was 20. He married Isabel Elizabeth Stewart on 9 April 1453, in Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyll, Scotland.
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Apr 9, 2016 · Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493), was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville. He had the sobriquet Colin Mulle, Bold Earl Colin.
In 1487 he joined the conspiracy of the nobles against King James III. He held the office of Chancellor [Scotland] between June 1488 and 1493, reinstated by King James IV. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll.
The medieval estates of the Campbells were much increased by Colin Campbell of Lochow (Argyllshire) (d. 1493), who was created Earl of Argyll in 1457. Through marriage to a daughter and co-heir of John Stewart, Lord Lorne, he acquired the lordship of Lorne (Argyllshire).
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Collection held privately: enquiries to ...NRAS12092Argyll and Bute Council ArchivesDR 43National Library of Scotland, Manuscript ...Ch 14911-41; MSS 17610-94, 17878-94Collection held privately: enquiries to ...NRAS888Colin Campbell was the grandson of the 1st Lord Campbell [S] (1445). Colin's elevation to earl (1458) was followed by a steady acquisition of lands and offices. Argyll combined the attributes of a shrewd royal councillor and the ambitions of an immensely powerful Highland clan chief.
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