Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll
Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll (c. 1486 – 9 October 1529) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. He was also known as Cailen Malloch. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox.
In 1506/07, he married Lady Jean Gordon, the eldest daughter of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. He became Earl of Argyll when his father died on 9 September 1513.
Campbell led an army against Highland rebels and later joined the court of King James V of Scotland. He was made Lord Warden of the Marches and, in 1528, Lord Justice General of Scotland.
He died on 9 October 1529 and was buried at Kilmun Parish Church on the Cowal Peninsula, west of Scotland. His son Archibald Campbell then became the 4th Earl of Argyll.
The Campbell family lived at Castle Campbell, near Dollar, Clackmannanshire. Colin and Lady Jean Gordon had several children, including Archibald (the 4th Earl), John of Lochnell, Elizabeth (Countess of Moray), and Agnes (Lady of Dunnyveg).
Colin’s sister, Lady Catherine Campbell, survived a murder attempt by Lachlan Maclean of Duart in 1527; Maclean reportedly rowed out to Lady’s Rock in the Firth of Lorne at low tide and left his wife stranded.
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