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Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll.
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Dec 23, 2021 · Duchess of Argyll. After a string of high profile romances, Margaret married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, in 1951. Meeting by chance on a train, Argyll told Margaret of some of his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War Two, omitting the fact that the trauma had left him reliant on alcohol and prescription drugs.
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Apr 6, 2022 · Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, and Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, after their 1951 wedding at Caxton Hall in London. By Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Apr 22, 2022 · Margaret Campbell, formerly Sweeny, née Whigham (1912 - 1993), Duchess of Argyll, and Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (1903 - 1973), after their wedding at Caxton Hall in...
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Dec 26, 2021 · Margaret Campbell, the famously beautiful Duchess of Argyll, had been a celebrity – and a source of scandal – from even before her debutante days. But she would be remembered for just one thing: the so-called ‘divorce of the century’, which ended her marriage to the Duke of Argyll in 1963.
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Apr 22, 2022 · Leisure. Arts & Culture. Who Was the Real Duchess of Argyll? The true story behind A Very British Scandal, Amazon Prime's new series about the Scottish aristocrat and the scandalous divorce...
Dec 28, 2021 · At the centre of the must-see series is Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll ( Claire Foy) whose promiscuous lifestyle led to one of the most salacious divorce trials in history. But...