Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll

His Grace

The Duke of Argyll

KStJ DL FRSA
His Grace; The Duke of Argyll; KStJ DL FRSA
	Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll
Predecessor	Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
Successor	Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
Born	28 August 1937
Died	21 April 2001 (aged 63)
Spouse(s)	Iona Mary Colquhoun (m. 1964)
Issue	Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll; Lady Louise Burrell
Parents	Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll; Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews
Occupation	Scottish Peer, businessman, and Chief of Clan Campbell
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 7 April 1973 – 11 November 1999; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
Succeeded by	Seat abolished pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999

Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll, KStJ, DL, FRSA (28 August 1937 – 21 April 2001), styled Marquess of Lorne between 1949 and 1973, was a Scottish Peer and Chief of Clan Campbell. He was the 12th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute.^[1]

In 1953, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. He served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, earning the rank of captain. Following his military service he worked in banking, then spent four years as a sales executive with Rank Xerox Export, regularly travelling behind the Iron Curtain. In 1968 he took over running the dukedom's Inveraray Castle estate for his father.^[1]

Family history[]

The Campbell family descends from Gillespic Cambel, who some nine centuries ago acquired lands in the barony of Lochow, Co Argyll, by marriage to his cousin Aife, daughter and heir of Paul an Sporran, Royal Treasurer and last of the Clan O'Duin, descended of Diarmid. From the 13th century the Lochow Campbells held the title of Mac Cailein Mhor, Chief of Clan Campbell.

In 1291, Sir Colin Campbell, of Lochow, was one of the nominees, on the part of Robert the Bruce, in the contest for the Crown of Scotland. Sir Duncan Campbell, of Lochow, became a Lord of Parliament as Lord Campbell under James II in 1445. His son Colin, the 2nd Lord Campbell, was created Earl of Argyll in 1457. The 10th Earl was advanced to the rank of Duke in the peerage of Scotland in 1701. Argyll was the son of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and his second wife, Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews.

On the death of his father in 1973, Argyll became a member of the Board of Directors of three distilleries and in 1977 became Chairman of Beinn Bhuidhe Holdings Ltd. in 1977. He was invested as a Knight of the Order of St. John in 1975. Married in 1964 to Iona Mary Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet, the couple had a son Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll and a daughter Lady Louise Iona Campbell, now Lady Louise Burrell.^[2] They lived at Inveraray Castle in Argyll. While most Dukes and Duchesses of Argyll are buried at Kilmun Parish Church, the 12th Duke and his father, the 11th Duke, both chose to be buried on the island of Inishail in Loch Awe. Iona, Duchess of Argyll, and her daughter Lady Louise are both Patronesses of the Royal Caledonian Ball.^[3]

Armorial bearings[]

Coat of arms of Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll
	Coronet A coronet of a Duke Crest A Boar's Head fesswise erased Or armed Argent and langued Gules Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lymphad Sable sails furled flag and pennants flying and oars in action proper (the Lordship of Lorne); in saltire behind the shield a Baton Gules powdered with Thistles Or ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper thereon the Crest of Scotland (as Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland) and a Sword proper hilted and pommelled Or (as Hereditary Lord Justice General of Scotland) Supporters On either side a Lion guardant Gules Motto Ne Obliviscaris (Forget not)

Education[]

He was brought up in Portugal and France, educated at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland and Glenalmond College in Scotland before going on to McGill University in Canada where he studied engineering.^[1]

Ancestry[]

Ancestors of Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll

16. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

8. Lord Walter Campbell

17. Lady Elizabeth Sutherland-Leveson-Gower

4. Douglas Campbell

18. John Milns

9. Olivia Milns

2. Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll

20. John Lawrence

10. John Lawrence

21. Margaretta Quick

5. Aimée Lawrence

11. Emily La Farge

1. Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll

24. James Clews

12. Henry Clews

25. Bessie Kenrick

6. Henry Clews

26. William Worthington

13. Lucy Worthington

27. Anna Tomlinson

3. Louise Clews

7. Louise Morris

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Duke of Argyll". The Daily Telegraph. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Iona, Duchess of Argyll and Lady Louise Burrell". Tatler.
^ "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Argyll
Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll
pedigree

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Bute	Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute 1994–2001	Vacant Title next held by
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Ian Campbell	Duke of Argyll 1973–2001	Succeeded by Torquhil Campbell
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ian Campbell	Duke of Argyll 1973–2001	Succeeded by Torquhil Campbell

[12thDuke-1] "The Duke of Argyll". The Daily Telegraph. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[2] "Iona, Duchess of Argyll and Lady Louise Burrell". Tatler.

[3] "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

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