Hew Campbell of Loudon
Hew Campbell of Loudon (died 1561) was a Scottish landowner.
He was a son of Hugh Campbell of Loudon and Isobel Wallace.
Campbell was Sheriff of Ayr. His first name is sometimes spelled "Hugh" or "Huw". He signed his name "Hew Campbell".[1]
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis was murdered at Prestwick by the followers of Hew Campbell of Loudon, sheriff of Ayr in August 1527, over a quarrel about the lands of Turnberry.[2]
Marriage and family[]
He married Elizabeth Stewart, a daughter of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Hamilton. He married secondly, Agnes Drummond, a daughter of John Drummond of Innerpeffray and Margaret Stewart. His children included:
- Matthew Campbell of Loudon
- Margaret Campbell, who married Thomas Kennedy of Bargany
After his death, his widow Agnes Drummond, married Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, and subsequently, Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond.
References[]
- ^ Annie Cameron, Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine (SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), p. 322.
- ^ Ken Emond, The Minority of James V (Edinburgh, 2019), pp. 253-4.
- 1561 deaths
- 16th-century Scottish people