Archibald Douglas, later Campbell (1809 – July 1868) was the seventeenth Laird of
Mains.
He was the son of Colin Douglas of Mains and Sophia Armine, daughter of J. Boydell. He succeeded on the death of his cousin,
Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell may refer to:
Peerage
* Archibald Campbell of Lochawe (died before 1394), Scottish peer
* Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died 1513), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
* Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll (c. 1507–1558) ...
of
Blythswood, in 1838 as twelfth Laird of Blythswood, he inherited
Blythswood House and assumed the name of Campbell. He gave up the estate of Mains to his brother Colin.
He married Caroline Agnes, daughter of M. Dick of Pitkerro. She died 28 November 1897.
He died July 1868, leaving sons Archibald, Sholto Douglas and Robert Douglas Campbell. He was succeeded by his son,
Archibald
Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold".
Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
Erkanbald, bishop of ...
, who was created 1st Baron Blythswood in 1880.
Sources
* The Heraldry of the Campbells, with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees by G. Harvey Johnston
vol. II, pp. 30–31
1809 births
1868 deaths
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