Campbell, Colin of Carrick, 3rd Earl of Argyll [759] ¹

   Another name for Colin was Campbell, Colin "Mailach" of Carrick, Earl of Argyll.

  General Notes:

3rd Earl, son of Archibald. He was married to Lady Jane Gordon, eldest daughter of Alexander, third Earl of Huntly, they had three sons and a daughter. Their sons were, Archibald, fourth Earl of Argyll; John, ancestor of the Campbells of Lochnell, of which house the Campbells of Balerno, and Stonefield are cadets; and Alexander, dean of Moray. Colin was, immediately after his accession to the earldom, appointed by the council to assemble an army and proceed against Lauchlan Maclean of Dowart, and other Highland chieftains, who had broken out into insurrection, and proclaimed Sir Donald of Lochalsh Lord of the Isles . Owing to the powerful influence of Argyll, the insurgents submitted to the regent, after strong measures had been adopted against them. In 1517 Sir Donald of Lochalsh again appeared in arms, but being deserted by his principle leaders, he effected his escape. Soon after, on his petition also in 1517 Colin was appointed Royal Lieutenant over all the Isles and adjacent mainland by Regent Albany. For some years the Isles remained peaceful and Colin employed this interval in extending his influence among the chiefs and in promoting the sway and importance of his clan, being assisted thereto by his brothers, Sir John Calder of Calder, so designed after his marriage with the heiress, and Archibald Campbell of Skipnish. On the escape of king James V, then in his seventeenth year, from the power of the Douglass, in May 1528, Colin was one of the first to join his majesty at Stirling. He afterwards received an ample confirmation of the hereditary sheriffship of Argleshire and of the offices of justiciary of Scotland and master of the household, by which these offices became hereditary in his family. He had the commission of justice-general of Scotland renewed 25th October 1529.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded to title, 1513.

• Alt. Death, 9 October 1529. ²

Colin married Janet Gordon [2476] [MRIN: 573], daughter of Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly [2221] and Janet (Jean) Stewart [641], before 28 February 1507 in Scotland.^{1 2} (Janet Gordon [2476] was born about 1485 in Scotland.)