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Arms:
Quartely, 1st and 4th, Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2nd and 3rd, a lymphad sails furled, oars in action Sable (Lorne) |
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Tartans:
Campbell, Campbell of Breadalbane, Campbell of Cawdor, Campbell of Loudoun |
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Branches:
Campbell of Argyll, Campbell of Breadalbane, Campbell of Cawdor Campbell of Loundoun |
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Mottos:
(Argyll) "Ne obliviscaris" (Latin: Forget not); (Breadalbane) "Follow me"; (Cawdor) "Be mindful"; (Loudoun) "I byde my time". |
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Slogan:
Cruachan (name of a mountain by Loch Awe) |
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Plant Badge:
Bog Myrtle |
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Septs:
Arthur; Bannatyne; burnes; Burness; Burnett; Burns; Connochie; Concochie; Denoon; Denune; Gibbon; Gibson; Harres; Harris; Hawes; Haws; Hawson; Isaac; Isaacs; Iverson; Kellar; Keller; Kissack; Kissock; Lorne; MacArtair; MacArthur; MacCarter; MacColm; MacColmbe; MacConachie; MacConchie; MacConnechy; MacConochie; MacEller; MacElvie; MacGibbon; MacEver; Macglarich; MacGubbin; MacGure; MacIsaac; MacIver; MacIvor; MacKellar; MacKelvie; MacKerlie; MacKerlich; MacKessack; MacKessock; Mackissoch; MacLaws; MacLehose; MacNichol; MacNocaird; MacOnachie; MacOran; MacOwen; MacPhedran; MacPhun; MacTause; MacTavish; MacThomas; MacUre |
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Breadalbane Names: MacDermid; MacDermott; MacDiarmid |
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Cawdor Names:
Caddell; Cadell; Calder; Cattell; Torrie; Torry |
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Loudoun Names:
Hastings; Loudon; Loudoun; Lowdon |
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"The surname Campbell, more than likely came from the Gaelic cam-beul, is one of the oldest in the Highland, and a crown charter of 1368, which acknowledges Duncan MacDuihbne as founder of the Campbells, who were established as Lords of Lock Awe. The founder of the Argyll line was Cailean Mor (d 1294), whose descendants, Colin Campbell (d 1493), 1st Earl of Argyll, married Isabel Stewart of Lorne." |
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"Throughout the fifteenth century the Campbells gave a steady amount of support to the Crown in an area where royal influence was under severe pressure, first from the rival Crown of Norway and then from the descendants of Somerled, former Lord of Isles, with the eventual emergence of the Crown's most powerful rival in the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles. The Lordship of the Isles was broken by the Crown by the end of the fifteenth century, leaving the Campbells the main power in the area. Thereafter they continued to act as the chief instrument of central authority in the region. This long struggle for supremacy, and with it, the headship of the Gael, may be said to be the real cause for the ancient enmity between the Campbells and the MacDonalds." |
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"Sir John Campbell (1635-1716), 11th Laird of Glenorchy, was created Earl of Breadalbane in 1681. His line was founded by the colourful crusader "Black" Colin Campbell (d.1498), who received Glenorchy in 1432 from his fahter, Sir Duncan Campbell, who had ejected the MacGregors from the lands. The commander who actually carried out the infamous Massacre of the MacIan MacDonald's of Glencoe was a Campell Chieftain of Glenlyon. The founder of the Cawdor branch, another Sir John Campbell (d. 1546). An orphan who had inherited her father's title of Thane of Cawdor, she was kidnapped in 1499 by Campbell's father, Archibald (d. 1513), 2nd Earl of Argyll, and married to his son in 1510. the Campbells of Loudoun are descended from Sir Duncan Campbell, second of the first MacCailean Mor, who married a Crauford of Loudoun. The Earldom of Loudoun, created for John Campbell (1598-1663), politician, has since the eighteenth centruy descended through the female line." |
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"Arguably the most famous Campbell of them all, Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863), commander of the Highland Brigade at Balaclava, Commander-in-Chief during the Indian Mutiny, the hero of Lucknow and Cawnpore, was not strictly a Campbell at all, being born Colin MacLiver, son of Glasgow carpenter. His mother was a Campbell, though, and when her brother, Colonel John Campbell, took the fifteen-year-old boy to be interviewed for the Army by the Duke of York, the Duke wrote his name down as Campbell. And Campbell it remained." |
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Information on this page provided by: |
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www.ancestry.com |
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www.tartans.com |
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The majority of this information I gathered from the internet. Just like any family tree, tracing back the generations can be a difficult task. Some of our Campbell background is connected through the chain of events noted above. My Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Alan Campbell (d. 1680) was reported to be from Loch Carron, NW Highlands, near the Island of Skye. He left his wife and children to move to America in 1721. His father, John Campbell II was 2nd Laird. |
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{Photo Album} |
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