ARGYLL, CAMPBELLS OF, a historic Scottish family, raised to the peerage in the person of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, in 1445. The more eminent members are: ARCHIBALD, second Earl, killed at the battle of Flodden, 1513. ARCHIBALD, fifth Earl, attached himself to the party of Mary of Guise, and was the means of averting a collision between the Reformers and the French troops in 1559; died 1575. ARCHIBALD, eighth Earl and Marquis, born 1598; a zealous parti san of the Covenanters. It was by his persuasion that Charles II. visited Scot land, and was crowned at Scone in 1651. At the Restoration he was committed to the Tower, and beheaded in 1661. ARCHIBALD, ninth Earl, son of the pre ceding, served the King with great brav ery at the battle of Dunbar, and was ex cluded from the general pardon by Cromwell in 1654. On the passing of the Test Act in 1681 he refused to cake the required oath. For this he was tried and sentenced to death. He, however, escaped to Holland, from whence he re turned with a view of aiding the Duke of Monmouth. His plan, however, failed, and he was taken and conveyed to Edin burgh, where he was beheaded in 1685. ARCHIBALD, tenth Earl and first Duke, son of the preceding, died 1703; took an active part in the Revolution of 1688 1689, which placed William and Mary on the throne, and was rewarded by several important appointments and the title of Duke. JoHN, second Duke and Duke of
Greenwich, son of the above, born 1678, died 1743; served under Marlborough at the battles of Ramilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, and assisted at the sieges of Lille and Ghent. He incurred consider able odium in his own country for his efforts in promoting the union. In 1712 he had the military command in Scot land, and, in 1715, he fought with the Earl of Mar's army at Sheriffmuir, near Dunblane, and forced the Pretender to quit the kingdom. GEORGE Dourn.Ass CAMPBELL, eighth Duke, Baron Sund ridge and Hamilton, was born in 1823. He early took a part in politics, especially in discussions regarding the Presby terian Church of Scotland. In 1852 he became Lord Privy Seal under Lord Aberdeen, and again under Lord Pal merston, in 1859; Postmaster-General in 1860; Secretary for India from 1868 to 1874; again Lord Privy Seal in 1880, but retired, being unable to agree with his colleagues on their Irish policy. He was author of "The Reign of Law," "Scotland as It Was and as It Is," etc. He died April 24, 1900. His eldest son, as MARQUIS OF LORNE, married the Prin cess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1871. He succeeded as ninth duke in 1900, and died in 1914.