Sir Duncan Campbell, 2nd Baronet and 6th Lord of Auchinbreck

Campbell of Auchinbreck

The Auchinbreck of Campbell family , was founded by Duncan Campbell of Kilmichael, in Glassary, Argyllshire, Scotland. He was the son of Duncan, first Lord Campbell of the Clan Campbell, by his second wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Stewart of Blackhall, the illegitimate son of King Robert III...

, was commander of the Marquess of Argyll, Archibald Campbell's

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

Archibald 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...

 troops, (Covenanters) in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. He was a son of Sir Dugald Campbell, 1st Baronet of Auchinbreck

Sir Dugald Campbell, 1st Baronet

Sir Dugald Campbell was a Scot. the son of Sir Duncan Campbell and his wife Mary-Career:He was heir to his estate before 1599. He raided Bute in 1602. He was knighted by James, VI, in 1617. He was created Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1628. MacPhail wrote : “… was by King’s Charter 1st created...

 and Mary Erskine. He was recalled by Archibald Campbell to Scotland

Scotland

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 and placed in command of the Covenanter troops at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645)

Battle of Inverlochy (1645)

The Battle of Inverlochy was a battle of the Scottish Civil War in which Montrose routed the pursuing forces of the Marquess of Argyll....

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Titles

• 2nd Baronet and 6th Lord of Auchinbreck
• Governor of Rathlin Island
  Rathlin Island
  Rathlin Island is an island off the coast of County Antrim, and is the northernmost point of Northern Ireland. Rathlin is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, with a rising population of now just over 100 people, and is the most northerly inhabited island off the Irish coast...
  
  
• Member of Parliament for Argyllshire Scotland between 1639 and 1641
• Member of Parliament for Argyllshire Scotland in 1643

Battles

• Irish Rebellion of 1641
  Irish Rebellion of 1641
  The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for the Catholics living under English rule...
  
  
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch...
  
  
• Battle of Inverlochy (1645)
  Battle of Inverlochy (1645)
  The Battle of Inverlochy was a battle of the Scottish Civil War in which Montrose routed the pursuing forces of the Marquess of Argyll....
  
  

Family

Sir Duncan Campbell, 2nd Baronet and 6th Lord of Auchinbreck (1597–1645) was commander of Argyll’s troops in Ireland in 1641 and taking of Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim , and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland...

, County Antrim. He held the office of Governor of Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island is an island off the coast of County Antrim, and is the northernmost point of Northern Ireland. Rathlin is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, with a rising population of now just over 100 people, and is the most northerly inhabited island off the Irish coast...

. He held the office of . He married first Margaret Blair, who was born about 1575. She was the daughter of the Lord of Blair, and died without issue. He married second, Miss Maxwell, daughter to the Lord of Newark. They had issue:

• • a) Dugald, Third Baronet, born abt 1629 in Auchinbreck. He succeeded his father in 1645 and sat in Parliament for Argyllshire in 1649. He died unmarried about 1662 and was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Duncan, son of Archibald Campbell of Knockumilie.
  • b) Miss Campbell, b. 1627, md. Lord of Lechnel

He married third, 1628, Dame Jean Coloquhoun, Lady Cathcart, of Luss, Scotland. She was born about 1610. Duncan and Jean had issue:

• • a) Archibald, born abt 1629, of Knockamillie, who married 16 Mar 1678 Margaret Campbell, daughter to Colin, Tutor of Calder by whom he had a son, Sir. Duncan.
  • b) Sir Duncan: 4th Baronet eldest son of Archibald of Knockemelie; Member of Parliament for Argyllshire, 1689–1698; m. 1679/80 dau. of 1st Earl of Balcarres; d. abt 1700.
  • c) James: born about 1630 of Knockumilie. He married Janet McLoed about 1650
  • d) William Campbell, of Wester Kaimes,
  • e) Alexander of Strondour, born about 1635 was married to Jean, eldest daughter to the Lord of Ottir by whom he had issue. He was murdered after the surrender of Carnassarie Castle in June 1685.

Battle of Inverlochy 1645

On 2 February, Sir Duncan Campbell led Argyll’s troops at the Battle of Inverlochy (1645) where he was taken prisoner and murdered by Alasdair Mac Colla.

One prisoner who would receive no mercy was Duncan Campbell, Lord Auchinbreck, the functional commander of the covenanters that day. Auchinbreck had ravaged the lands of Alasdair Mac Colla's Irish cousins in Antrim as a commander in the Scottish army in Ireland. Also he had plotted to assassinate Alasdair when Alasdair tried to reconcile with the Scottish army following the defeat at Glen Maquin. Now Alasdair had Auchinbreck brought before him. Alasdair offered Auchinbreck two choices, to be made longer, that is hanged, or made shorter, that is decapitated. Auchinbreck reportedly replied, "da dhiu gun aon roghain," which could be roughly translated as two worst alternatives without one choice. At this point Alasdair swung his two handed sword, and took off the top of Auchinbreck's head above the ears like the top of a soft-boiled egg.

External links

• http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk
• http://www.thePeerage.com
• http://www.ccsna.org
• http://www.scotwars.com/html/battle_of_inverlochy.htm