The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-22
fcopyrirht. 1918. BY A. D. Jaoobson.l

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Princess Louise. Duchess of Argyll.
aunt of King George Of England. and
who in March, 1871, married her pres
ent husband. the ninth duke, while he
still was Marquis of Lorne. and heir TO
the great Scottish dukedom, recently
unveiled, at Birmingham. the statue in
memory of her brother, the late King
Edward VII. Both she and the duke
were the guests of Lord and Lady Ply
mouth at Howell Grange. near Broms-
grove.
The old mansion at Howell was an
immense building of the time of Queen
Anne. 1t was pulled down in the
SOS of the last century, and the
present exceedingly handsome house
erected in its stead. Hewell Grange
belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of
Bordesley. which by Henry VIII was
forced upon Lord Windsor in exchange
for Stanwell Manor, the old family
seat. The original earldom of Ply
mouth, which dated from 1852. became
extinct in lS43, when the barony OF
Windsor passed to Lady Harriet Wind
sor Give. grandmother of the present
Lord Plymouth. who. in 1873, was adj
vanced to an earldom by Mr.. Balfour.
The house of Argyll is one of the old
est and most prominent of the High
land clans OF Scotland, and Queen VIC
toria we'll knew what she was about
when she insisted that her fourth
daughter, Princess Louise. should wed
the heir of the Mac Cailein Nor. as
the chief of the great Campbell clan Is
styled in Gaelic. and thus knit Closely
the ties between the ruling house and
the foremost and aIl-powerful mag
mates of Scotland. The family is first
nin
Gillespie Campbell. by marriage with
Eva O'Dunn, daughter of the treasurer
of SCotland-desCended of Diarmon-
acquired the lordship of Lockow. IN
Argyllshire. II was his son. Sir Colin
Campbell. who. owing to his bravery
in the field. was honored with the
name of Mac Cailein Nor" He was
knighted in 1850 by King Alexander
III, and in 1891 was a delegate for the
nomination of Robert Bruce TO the
throne Of Scotland. This great chief
tain was slain in a conflict by his pow
erful neighbor. Lord LOrn. at place
called The String of Lorn," where a
.'cairn" was erected over his grave.
This occurrence created continued
feuds between the houses of LOckow
and Lorn. which terminated two CEN
turtles later by the marriage of the
first Earl of Argyll and the heiress of
Lorn, in 1870.
In I445, Sir Duncan Campbell. by
King James IL, was raised to the dig
nifty of a lord of parliament as Lord
Campbell. and lord lieutenant of the
County Of Argyll Sir Colin, the sec
ond Lord Campbell. in 145T. was Gre
ated first Earl of Argyll, and in 1864
was appointed master of the King of
Scotland's household. He served as
ambassador to France and England.
Eventually he became lord high chan
cellor Of Scotland. BY his marriage
with Isabel Lorn (see above) he be-
came also Lord Lorne. and master of
the lordships Of Lorne and Invermeath.
Archibald Campbell. the eighth Earl
of Argyll, was made marques by
the Inflated Charles of England. after
he had resigned into the hands of that
monarch his office as justiciar of all
Scotland, which for ages had been in
his family G633). He was the first
commissioner from subjugated Scot
land to the British Parliament. also
commander of the Covenanters, when
at Inyerlochie defeated by Montrose.
After the murder of Charles /. when
Scotland vive voce demanded the &C
acknowledgement of his son, Charles II.
Argyll. who had been his loyal support
er and sponsor. had the great satisfac-
ton at that rulers coronation at
Scone 165O) to place the crown upon
his head.
II will surprise fair-minded men to
learn that, after all that the marquis
back on him deliberately. assisting in