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The Campbells of Strachur, also known as the MacArthur Campbells of Strachur, may be the oldest branch of the
Clan Campbell Clan Campbell ( gd, Na Caimbeulaich ) is a Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The chief of the clan be ...
. The family traces its descent from Sir Arthur Campbell, who is said to have been a son of Duncan Dubh, who in turn may have been an elder brother of
Gilleasbaig Gilleasbaig is a masculine given name in the Scottish Gaelic language. The traditional form of the name is ''Gilleasbuig''. Another form of the name is ''Gille Easbaig''. The names mean "servant of the bishop", with the second word (''Easbaig'') ...
, who was in turn the father of the patrilineal-ancestor of the chiefs of Clan Campbell. The heads of the Strachur family were known in Gaelic as ''Mac Artairr'', "son of Arthur", in reference to their alleged ancestry. The head of the family bears the Gaelic title ''MacArtair Strachuirr''.


Chiefs of Clan Campbell

The historian
William Forbes Skene William Forbes Skene Writer to the Signet, WS FRSE Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, FSA(Scot) Doctor of Civil Law, DCL Legum Doctor, LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scotland, Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary. He co-founde ...
, who maintained that the Strachur family of Campbells were ancestors of the chiefs of Clan Campbell, writes:


See also

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Clan Arthur Clan Arthur or Clan MacArthur, (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Artair) is a highland Scottish clan that once held lands on the shores of Loch Awe opposite Inishail. The clan has been described as one of the oldest clans in Argyll. Clan Arthur and Clan Cam ...
, the MacArthers of Terivadich are commonly confused with the Campbells of Strachur *
John Campbell, of Strachur General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur (1727 – 28 August 1806) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeded Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ...


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* http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/campbel-a.html * http://www.ccsna.org/ {{Clan Campbell Clan Campbell Scottish families Clan Campbell branches Strachur