Sir Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Lord Succoth, 2nd Baronet (1 August 1769 – 23 July 1846) was a Scottish
advocate and judge. His country house was
Garscube House, succeeding to the
estate in 1823, upon his father's death. He rebuilt the house at Garscube in 1827, to a design by
William Burn
William Burn (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect. He received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81. He built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival,often referred ...
. He added Cumlodden, Blairwhoisk, Sommerson and Gartowhern to the family estate.
The son of
Sir Ilay Campbell and Susan Mary Murray,
he was admitted to the
Faculty of Advocates
The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary. The Faculty of Advocates is a constit ...
in 1791, and in 1809 became a
Senator of the College of Justice under the judicial title Lord Succoth.
A member of the
Highland Society (1792), he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh on 4 June 1821, upon the proposal of
Alexander Maconochie.
Family
He married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Balfour and Mary Gordon of Balbirnie, on 8 August 1794.
[Edward J. Davies, "The Balfours of Balbirnie and Whittingehame", ''The Scottish Genealogist'', 60(2013):84-90.] Their second daughter, Elizabeth Anne Campbell, married
David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven, 7th Earl of Melville.
His son,
John Campbell, was Member of Parliament for
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Pe ...
. His grandson,
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Baronet, was Member of Parliament for
Argyllshire.
See also
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Campbell baronets
There have been 18 baronetcies created for persons with the surname Campbell, six in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and twelve in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Campbell baronets, of Glenorchy (1625)
The Campbell baronetcy, of Glenorchy in ...
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Succoth, Argyll and Bute
References
1769 births
1846 deaths
18th-century Scottish lawyers
19th-century Scottish judges
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Succoth
Scottish knights
People from Bearsden
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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