Janey, Lady Campbell ( Janey Sevilla Callander; 18 March 1846, Craigforth House, Stirlingshire – 15 July 1923, Coombe Hill Farm,

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), was a Scottish theatre producer and society hostess.

Life

One of three daughters of

James Henry Callander James Henry Callander (18 August 1803 – 31 January 1851), of Craigforth, Stirlingshire, was a Scottish politician. Background Callander was the eldest son of Colonel George Callander of Craigforth, son of Sir James Campbell Callander and Eliz ...

of Craigforth and Ardkinglas by his first wife Jane Plumer Erskine, she was left an orphan by aged four by the death of her mother, then her stepmother and finally her father. She thus became a ward of her stepmother's relation

George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his te ...

, growing up at his

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and marrying his second son Lord Archibald Campbell (1846–1913) on 12 January 1869 (their children included

Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th and 3rd Duke of Argyll (16 February 1872 – 20 August 1949) was a Scottish peer and historian, the 10th Duke of Argyll and 25th Scottish clan chief, Chief of Clan Campbell. Background Campbell was the son of Capt ...

). She became a friend of

James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834July 17, 1903) was an American painter active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading pr ...

(he produced three three-quarter-length portraits of her, includin
''Lady in a Yellow Buskin''
whilst her 1886 book ''Rainbow Music or The Philosophy of Harmony in Colour-Grouping'' was a much-influenced by his art) and produced several theatrical productions noted for their pastoral values, such as a '' Romeo and Juliet'' put on at

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in summer 1880 starring Helena Modjeska and

Johnston Forbes-Robertson Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937''Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, Beauty And Grace in Acting'', Obituaries, '' The Times'', 8 November 1937.) was an English actor and theatre manager and husband of actress Gert ...

. Janey, Lady Archibald Campbell was described as beautiful, bewitching and eccentric, Oscar Wilde once described her as "The Moon Lady" with her beautiful beryl eyes. She also wrote under the name of Lady Archibald Campbell, and between 1905-1914, she published articles on topics of esoterica and Celtic mythology in the UK periodical, ''

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''.

External links

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Lord Archibald Campbell profile
whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk. Accessed 3 January 2023. 1846 births 1923 deaths British theatre managers and producers Women theatre managers and producers {{theat-bio-stub