George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilised leaves
Portrait by Herbert Rose Barraud, c. 1870-75
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll Signature
1869 caricature of the Duke of Argyll by Carlo Pellegrini
Portrait by George Frederic Watts, c. 1860
John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll,, known as Lord John Campbell until 1839, was a Scottish peer and Whig politician.
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
…Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston, John Russell and William Gladstone. Argyll was born at Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, the second but only surviving son of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and his second wife Joan Glassel, the only daughter of John Glassel. Argyll succeeded his father as Duke of Argyll (Peerage of Scotland) in 1847. With…
Engraving of The 7th Duke of Argyll, c. 1843