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ARGYLL COMPLETE PEERAGE 21 I HAMILTON of Hameldon [G.B.]. Lord Lieut, of co. Argyll 1 800-39. Was Vice Admiral of the West Coast of Scotland 1 807. Pres. of the Highland and Agric. Soc, Scotland, 181 9-23. Grandmaster of Freemasons [S.], 1822-24. Keeper of the Great Seal [S.] 1827-28, and 1830-39. Lord Steward of the Household 1833-34 and 1835-39, f° William IV and Victoria; and P.C. ii Sep. 1833. G.C.H. (Civil) 1833. He m., 29 Nov. 1 8 10, at Edinburgh, Caroline Elizabeth (who had been, at her own suit, divorced in 18 10 from the ist Marquess of Anglesey), 3rd da. of George Bussey (ViLLiERs),4th Earl of Jersey, by Frances, da. of Philip Twisden, Bishop of Raphoe [I-]- She d. 16 June 1835, and was l>ur. at Kensal Green. Admon. Nov. 1835. He d. s.p., at Inveraray Castle, 22 Oct., and was l?ur. ID Nov. 1839, ^^ Kilmun, aged 71. Will pr. Jan. 1840. DUKEDOM [S.] VII. EARLDOM [S.] XVI. 1839. 7 and 16. John Douglas Edward Henry (Campbell), Duke of Argyll, ^c. [S.], Lord Sundridge, i^c. [G.B.], br. and h., ^. 21 Dec. 1777, and hap. 18 Jan. 1778, at St. James's, Westm. Sometime an officer in the army. M.P. (Whig) for co. Argyll (") 1799-1822. F.R.S. 20 May 1819. Keeper of the Great Seal [S.] 1841-46. He m., istly, 3 Aug. 1802, Elizabeth, 1st da. of William Campbell, of Fairfield, co. Ayr, by his ist wife, Sarah Cunningham, of Cambridge, New England. She d. s.p., 9 Aug. 1818. He m., 2ndly, 17 Apr. 1820, Joan, only da. and h. of John Glassell, of Long Niddry, East Lothian, by Helen, da. of John Buchan, of Letham. She d. 22 Jan. 1828. He m., 3rdly, 8 Jan. 1831, Anne Colquhoun, widow of Dr. George Cunningham Monteath, of Glasgow, and ist da. of John CuNiNGHAME, of Craigends, by Margaret, da. of Sir William Cuning- hame, Bart. [S.], of Robertland. He ^. 25 Apr. 1847, at Inveraray, aged 69. Will pr. Oct. 1847. His widow, who was L 1801, (2'. s.p., (in the Roman Catholic faith) 25 Feb. 1874, at Rutland Gate, Midx. DUKEDOM [S.] VIIL EARLDOM [S.] XVII. 1847. DUKEDOM [U.K.] I. 1892. Lord Privy Seal (2n burgh 1860-64 ; LL Agric. Soc, Scotland, 8, 17, and i. George Douglas (Campbell, otherwise Glassell Campbell), Duke of Argyll, ^c. [S.], Lord Sundridge, ^c, [G.B.], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., by 2nd wife, ^. 30 Apr. 1823, at Ardencaple Castle, co. Dunbarton. F.R.S. 19 June 1851 ; Chancellor of the Univ. of St. Andrews 1851-1900; Lord Privy Seal 1852-55; P.C. 4 Jan. 1853; Rector of the Univ. of Glasgow 1854-56 ; Pres. of the Brit. Association 1855 ; Postmaster gen. 1855-58 ; K.T. 2 May 1856 ; d time) 1859-66 ; Pres. of the Royal Soc. of Edin- D. Cambridge, 1862; Pres. of the Highland and 1862-66 ; Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1862- C) In his later years as a peer he was a moderate Conservative, and an adherent of Peel. V.G.