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 Duke of Argyll () is a title created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The earls, marquesses, and dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful noble families in Scotlan ...

and 25th Chief of

Clan Campbell Clan Campbell ( ) is a Scottish Highlands, 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 ...

Background

Campbell was the son of Captain Lord Archibald Campbell, second son of

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 people, Scottish polymath and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological ...

, and his wife

Janey Sevilla Callander Janey, Lady Archibald Campbell ( Janey Sevilla Callander; 18 March 1846, Craigforth House, Stirlingshire – 15 July 1923, Coombe Hill Farm, Norbiton) was a Scottish theatre producer and society hostess. Life One of three daughters of James ...

of Craigforth and Ardkinglas, daughter of James Henry Callander and Jane Erskine. His uncle was

Lord Colin Campbell Lord Colin Campbell (9 March 1853 – 18 June 1895) was a Scottish Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1878 to 1885. Biography Campbell was the fifth son of George C ...

and his aunt by marriage was

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert. In her public life, she was a s ...

. He was educated at

St George's School, Ascot St George's School, Ascot is an independent girls' boarding and day school in Ascot, Berkshire, England. It was founded as a boys' school but later became a girls' school. History The school was founded in 1877 as a boys' preparatory school. ...

and went then to

Charterhouse School Charterhouse is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charter ...

in Surrey. Campbell studied at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

, where he graduated

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

in 1896. He was admitted to the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

on 1 November 1894 and withdrew without being Called to the Bar in 1917. In 1914, he succeeded his uncle

John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), known by the Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a Br ...

in his various hereditary titles and offices.

Career

Following his inheritance, Campbell became Honorary Colonel of the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders until his retirement in 1929. He was additionally Honorary Colonel of the 15th (Canadian) Argyll Light Infantry. Having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant from 1914, He funded the creation of the Inveraray Bell Tower, in memory of the Campbell Clan who died in the First World War. Campbell was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire in 1923, an office he held until his death in 1949. His seat was

Inveraray Castle Inveraray Castle (pronounced or ; Scottish Gaelic ''Caisteal Inbhir Aora'' ) is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest sea loch. It is one of the earliest ex ...

, Argyll and he was interred at Kilmun Parish Church.

Personal life

Referred to as "Scotland's most picturesque Duke", Campbell hated telephones and motor cars and would indulge in eccentric behaviour, including greeting tourists with recitals from Italian operas. He spent his final years in what was called "monastic seclusion". Fearing that the eccentricity from his maternal relationship could be inherited, he never married and died childless in 1949. He was succeeded as duke by his first cousin, once removed, Ian Campbell, a great-grandson of the 8th Duke (via his third son).

Ancestry

References

External links

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