CAMPBELL, Archibald 8th Earl, then Marquess of Argyll 1
- Born: 1607, Inverary, Argyll, Scotland 1
- Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Margaret about 7 August 1626 1
- Died: 27 May 1661, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was beheading.1
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Archibald married Margaret DOUGLAS, daughter of William DOUGLAS 7th Earl of Morton and Lord Aberdour, Treasurer of Scotland and Anne KEITH, about 7 August 1626.1 (Margaret DOUGLAS was born about 1610.)
Marriage Notes:
"The Marquess married, 6 or 7 August 1626, his cousin, Margaret Douglas, born 1610, second daughter of William, second Earl of Morton; she died 13 March 1678, leaving issue ..."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1)
Note
Margaret was not the daughter of the second Earl of Morton but of the seventh. This is probably simply a typographical error. Archibald's mother was Margaret's great-aunt. 1
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