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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.
His troops continued to garrison Scotland for the rest of the Interregnum. Sporadic Royalist rebellions continued throughout the Commonwealth period in Scotland, particularly in the western Highlands, where Alasdair MacColla had raised his forces in the 1640s. The northwest Highlands was the scene of another pro-Royalist uprising in 1653–55 ...
Dr. Campbell sets up a medical practice, and the entire family take up farming. [1] The series has been described as the "Canadian Little House on the Prairie" [8] but producer John Delmage stated that, while The Campbells might be similar to Little House, "we don’t have as much sugar." [6]
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 struggle between the MacDonalds and the Campbells came to a height in the 17th century, when the Campbells began to gain political ascendancy over Clan Donald. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , the Covenanter armies in Scotland were directed by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll , who attacked the last strongholds of the ...
Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell (March 1607 – 27 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, he was the main leader of the Covenanter movement that fought for the Establishment of Presbyterianism ...
The Catholic MacDonnells were pitted against their Campbells foes, who were at the forefront of the puritanical Protestant Covenanter regime. [8] This time, the plans for an expedition came to fruition, with Alasdair MacColla (also known as Alexander MacDonnell) leading a force of men from Waterford to Scotland. Rallying his Clan Donald kinsmen ...
The Campbells were attacked by the Royalist advance guard and routed. [2] Lochnell escaped from the field and Bragleen was captured, though was supposed to have escaped later. [ 6 ] Poltalloch was supposedly close to killing Mac Colla himself when he was struck down by an opponent armed with a scythe, though other traditions place his death ...