Lord of Kintyre
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The Lord of Kintyre is a title in the Peerage of Scotland
for Kintyre
, Scotland
, which was created in 1626. The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Kintyre was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland.
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
for Kintyre
Kintyre
Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert in the north...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, which was created in 1626. The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Kintyre was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland.
Mormaers of Kintyre
- Somhairle mac Gillebride (?? - 1164)
- Raghnall mac SomhairleRaghnall mac SomhairleRagnall mac Somairle, or Ragnall son of Somairle, was a late 12th century and possibly early 13th century magnate, seated on the western seaboard of Scotland. He was likely a younger son of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll and his wife, Ragnhildr, daughter of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of...
(1164–1207) - Domhnall mac RaghnaillDomhnall mac RaghnaillDomhnall mac Raghnaill was a Hebridean noble in the late 12th- and early 13th-century. He is the eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald . For this reason some traditions accumulated around him in the Later Middle Ages and Early Modern period...
(1207 - ??)
Lords of Kintyre
- Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, 1st Lord of KintyreArchibald Campbell, 7th Earl of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll , also called "Gillesbuig Grumach", was a Scottish politician and military leader.-Biography:...
(1626–1638). - Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 2nd Lord of KintyreArchibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, was the de facto head of government in Scotland during most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil War...
(1645–1661). - Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, 3rd Lord of KintyreArchibald Campbell, 9th Earl of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.He was born in 1629 in Dalkeith, Scotland, the son of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll....
(1663–1685). - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 4th Lord of KintyreArchibald Campbell, 1st Duke of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.-Biography:The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter of James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, Campbell sought to recover his father's estates...
(1689–1703). - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 5th Lord of KintyreJohn Campbell, 2nd Duke of ArgyllField Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG , known as Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Early Life:...
(1703–1743). - Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 6th Lord of KintyreArchibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of ArgyllArchibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...
(1743–1761). - John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, 7th Lord of KintyreJohn Campbell, 4th Duke of ArgyllGeneral John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll KT PC was a Scottish Whig politician in the 17th and 18th centuries.He was born to John Campbell, the third son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, and Elizabeth Elphinstone, daughter of John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone...
(1761–1770). - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, 8th Lord of KintyreJohn Campbell, 5th Duke of ArgyllField Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll , styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Military career:...
(1770–1806). - George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, 9th Lord of KintyreGeorge Campbell, 6th Duke of ArgyllGeorge William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll GCH, PC , styled Earl of Campbell from 1768 to 1770 and Marquess of Lorne from 1770 to 1806, was a Scottish Whig politician and nobleman.-Background:...
(1806–1839). - John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, 10th Lord of KintyreJohn Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll-External links:...
(1839–1847). - George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, 11th Lord of KintyreGeorge Campbell, 8th Duke of ArgyllGeorge John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE , styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century.-Background:Argyll was born at Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, the...
(1847–1900). - John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, 12th Lord of KintyreJohn Campbell, 9th Duke of ArgyllJohn George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC , usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883...
(1900–1914). - Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll, 13th Lord of KintyreNiall Campbell, 10th Duke of ArgyllNiall Diarmid Campbell, 10th and 3rd Duke of Argyll was a Scottish peer and historian.-Background:Campbell was the son of Captain Lord Archibald Campbell, second son of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and his wife Janey Sevilla Callander of Craigforth and Ardkinglas, daughter of James Henry...
(1914–1949). - Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, 14th Lord of KintyreIan Campbell, 11th Duke of ArgyllIan Douglas Campbell, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll was a Scottish Peer. He was the 11th Duke of Argyll, but is chiefly remembered for his unhappy marriage to and scandalous 1963 divorce from Margaret Whigham.-Early life:...
(1949–1973). - Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll, 15th Lord of KintyreIan Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyllthumb|right|Photograph by [[Allan Warren]]Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll FRSA was a Scottish Peer and Chief of Clan Campbell. He was also the 5th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom....
(1973–2001). - Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, 16th Lord of KintyreTorquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of ArgyllTorquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll , known as Earl of Campbell before 1973 and as Marquess of Lorne between 1973 and 2001, is a Scottish Peer...
(2001–present).