Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493) was a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

He was the son of Gillespic (Archibald) Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville. Colin Campbell succeeded his grandfather Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell in 1453, and was created Earl of Argyll in 1457 and Lord Lorne in 1470, after the resignation of his wife's uncle Walter Stewart, 3rd Lord Lorne, who became Lord Innermeath.

Campbell had supported King James II against the "Black Douglases", led by the 8th Earl of Douglas, and was given the earldom by King James III. James also gave him the position of Lord Chancellor of Scotland, but he eventually collaborated in the slaying of James III in 1484. In 1488 he became Lord Chancellor again, this time given by James IV of Scotland.

He is buried at Kilmun Parish Church.

Marriage and issue

He married Isabelle Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Lord Lorne in 1465, and had issue:

• Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll.[1].
• Thomas Campbell
• Margaret Campbell, married George Seton, 4th Lord Seton
• Isabel Campbell, married William Drummond, Master of Drummond, son to John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond
• Mary Campbell married Aonghas Óg Lord of the isles.
• Helen Campbell, married to Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton
• Elizabeth Campbell, married John Oliphant, 2nd Lord Oliphant
• Catherine Campbell, married Lachlan Og Maclean

References

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Duncan Campbell	Lord Campbell 1453–1493	Succeeded by Archibald Campbell
New creation	Earl of Argyll 1457–1493
	Lord Lorne 1470–1493
Political offices
Preceded by John Laing	Lord Chancellor of Scotland 1483–1488	Succeeded by William Elphinstone
Preceded by William Elphinstone	Lord Chancellor of Scotland 1488–1492	Succeeded by 5th Earl of Angus