Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the War
The Marquess of Argyll, by David Scougall
Portrait traditionally identified as the 9th Earl, but subsequently confirmed as being of the 8th Earl in his youth (Scottish Notes and Queries, v11, pp.5–6). His biographer John Willcock believed that it dated from his 1626 marriage.
Photograph of now lost portrait of c.1644, attributed to George Jamesone, of Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, formerly at Castle Campbell. The painting, rediscovered in an estate cottage in c.1870, was destroyed in an 1877 fire at Inveraray Castle.
Memorial to Argyll in St. Giles Kirk, Edinburgh
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer and soldier.
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
…complete. His policy had failed, his power had vanished. He was hopelessly in debt, and on terms of such violent hostility with his eldest son and heir Archibald as to be obliged to demand a garrison in his house for his protection. During his visit to George Monck at Dalkeith in 1654 to complain of this, Argyll…
The Earl of Argyll, portrait from Argyll's Lodging.
Argyll's birthplace: Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith.
Portrait of Archibald Campbell, Lord Lorne, by unknown artist, formerly in collection of the Earl of Balcarres.
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, with his second wife Anna.