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Earl of Balcarres

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  • Name Earl of Balcarres  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Title 1st Earl of Balcarres  [1] 
    Person ID I132  Campbell Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2024 

    Children 
    +1. Harriet of Balcarres
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F60  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5965] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2, Bernard Burke, (London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895).


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Titles

Creations – Lord Campbell, 1445; Earl of Argyll, 1457; Lord Lorne, 17 April, 1470; Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inverary, Mull, Morvern, and Tirie, all in the peerage of Scotland, 23 June, 1701. Baron Sundridge, 22 Dec, 1766; Baron Hamilton, 20 May, 1776, in Great Britain. Duke of Argyll in United Kingdom, 7 April, 1892.

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Campbell Estates

Seats – Inverary Castle Argyll and Rosneath House, Dunbarton, N.B. Town Residence – Kensington Palace, W. Club – Athenæum.