Hew Campbell of Loudon (died 1561) was a Scottish landowner.
He was a son of Hugh Campbell of Loudon and Isobel Wallace.
Campbell was
Sheriff of Ayr. His first name is sometimes spelled "Hugh" or "Huw". He signed his name "Hew Campbell".
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassillis (died between 24 and 30 August 1527) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis and Agnes, daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick.
In August 1524 Margaret Tudor sent ...
was murdered at
Prestwick
Prestwick ( gd, Preastabhaig) is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about south, an ...
by followers of Hew Campbell in August 1527, over a quarrel about the lands of
Turnberry.
[Ken Emond, ''The Minority of James V'' (Edinburgh, 2019), pp. 253-254.]
Marriage and family
Campbell married Elizabeth Stewart, a daughter of
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (14609 September 1513), was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie. He died f ...
and Elizabeth Hamilton.
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He married secondly, Agnes Drummond, a daughter of
John Drummond of
Innerpeffray
Innerpeffray is a hamlet in Perthshire, Scotland, southeast of Crieff. It is located on a raised promontory among beech woodland above the River Earn. A fording point across the river can still be used, on what is the line of a Roman Road.
The ...
and
Margaret Stewart.
His children included:
*Matthew Campbell of Loudon
*Margaret Campbell, who married Alexander Nisbet of Bankhead
After his death, his widow Agnes Drummond, married
Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton
Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton (c. 15311585) was a Scottish aristocrat who was a strong supporter of Mary Queen of Scots. He was an important participant in a tumultuous period of Scottish history.
Early Years
Born in 1531, Montgomerie w ...
, and subsequently,
Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond
Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond (1550–1600) was a Scottish landowner.
Patrick was the son of David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond and Lilias Ruthven (d. 1579), daughter of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven and Janet Halyburton, Lady Dirleton.
...
.
References
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1561 deaths
16th-century Scottish landowners