Archibald
Archibald names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Archibald tenth Earl and first Duke
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
tenth Earl and first Duke, son of the preceding, died 1703; took an active part in the Revolution of 1688- 1689, which placed William and Mary on the throne, and was rewarded by several important appointments and the title of Duke. JOHN, second Duke and Duke of Greenwich, son of the above, born 1678, died 1743; served under Marlborough at the battles of Ramilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, and assisted at the sieges of Lille and Ghent. He incurred considerable odium in his own country for his efforts in promoting the union. In 1712 he had the military command con in Scotland, and, in 1715, 15, he fought with the Earl of Mar's army at Sheriffmuir, near Dunblane, and forced the Pretender to quit the kingdom. GEORGE DOUGLASS CAMPBELL, eighth Duke, Baron Sundridge and Hamilton, was born in 1823. He early took a part in politics, especially in discussions regarding the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. In 1852 he became Lord Privy Seal under Lord Aberdeen, and again under Lord Palmerston, in 1859; Postmaster-General in 1860; Secretary for India from 1868 to 1874; again Lord Privy Seal in 1880, but retired, being unable to agree with re his colleagues on their Irish policy. He was author of "The Reign of Law," "Scotland as It Was and as It Is," etc. He died April 24, 1900. His eldest son, as MARQUIS OF LORNE, married the Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1871. He succeeded as ninth duke in 1900, and died in 1914.
Archibald ninth Earl, son of the preceding
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ninth Earl, son of the preceding, served the King with great bravery at the battle of Dunbar, and was excluded from the general pardon by Cromwell in 1654. On the passing of the Test Act in 1681 he refused to take the required oath. For this he was tried and sentenced to death. He, however, escaped to Holland, from whence he returned with a view of aiding the Duke of Monmouth. His plan, however, failed, and he was taken and conveyed to Edinburgh, where he was beheaded in 1685.
Archibald fifth Earl, attached himself to the party of Mary of Guise
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
fifth Earl, attached himself to the party of Mary of Guise, and was the means of averting a collision between the Reformers and the French troops in 1559; died 1575. ARCHIBALD, eighth Earl and Marquis, born 1598; a zealous partisan of the Covenanters. It was by his persuasion that Charles II. visited Scotland, and was crowned at Scone in 1651. At the Restoration he was committed to the Tower, and beheaded in 1661.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The historical sketches here — the fifth, eighth and ninth Earls, the first and second Dukes, and George Douglas Campbell, eighth Duke, author of "The Reign of Law" — still read essentially as historians tell them, though modern scholarship treats the eighth Earl's execution in 1661 and the ninth Earl's in 1685 rather more sympathetically as Restoration political revenge than as simple treason. What Collier's could not know in 1921 is that the line it broke off at the ninth Duke's death in 1914 ran on: the title passed through Niall Diarmid Campbell as tenth Duke, then to Ian Douglas Campbell, whose 1963 divorce from Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, became one of the most sensational court cases in British history, and is now held by Torquhil Campbell, thirteenth Duke. The family seat at Inveraray was badly damaged by fire in 1975 and restored; it is today a paying visitor attraction rather than the private power base implied by these entries. The House of Lords Act 1999 also ended the automatic parliamentary seat that made the eighth Duke's cabinet career — Lord Privy Seal, Postmaster-General, Secretary for India — possible in the first place.
Written for this edition, 2026.