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Statue of Allan Stewart (left) and the fictional David Balfour (right), from Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, on Corstorphine Rd in Edinburgh. Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure (Scottish Gaelic: Cailean Ruadh Caimbeul, Cailean Glinn Iubhair) (1708-1752), nicknamed "The Red Fox" (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Sionnach Ruadh), was the government-appointed factor to the forfeited lands of the Clan Stewart ...
Clan Campbell (Scottish Gaelic: Na Caimbeulaich [na ˈkʰaimbəl̪ˠɪç]) is a Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. [4] The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The chief of the clan became Earl of Argyll and later Duke of Argyll.
The chief suspect, Alan Breck Stewart having fled, James Stewart of the Glens, the tanist of the Stewarts, was arrested for the crime and tried for the murder [4] in a trial dominated by the pro-Hanoverian Clan Campbell: chief Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll was the presiding judge and the 15-man jury contained Campbell clansmen. [4]
The Dunoon massacre was a massacre that took place around Dunoon, Scotland, on 3 June 1646.Men of Clan Campbell massacred men, women and children of the Clan Lamont. [1]By 1646, the Clan Campbell, neighbours of the Clan Lamont, had steadily encroached the Lamont's lands.
The Battle of Stalc was a Scottish clan battle that was fought in the year 1468. It was fought between the forces of the Clan Stewart of Appin and their allies the Clan MacLaren against the Clan MacDougall and the Clan MacFarlane. The latter force may have included men from the Clan Campbell.
Glencoe was a study of the causes and effects of the Glencoe massacre in 1692, when government soldiers and members of the Campbell Clan attacked and killed members of Clan Donald who lived in Glencoe, a remote glen in the west highlands of Scotland. The book focuses on the political machinations to bring the unruly MacDonalds to heel, both by ...
Colin Campbell (Swedish East India Company) (1686–1757), Scottish merchant and founder of the Swedish East India Company; Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure (c. 1708–1752), also known as the "Red Fox", killed in the Appin Murder, subject of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson; Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792–1863), Scottish soldier
It was the original stronghold of the Clan Campbell from possibly the eleventh century or earlier. [2] It was the seat of Cailean Mór (Sir Colin Campbell) who was killed fighting the Clan MacDougall at the Battle of Red Ford in 1296. [2] Later John MacDougall held the castle against Robert the Bruce in 1308. [2]