Archibald Campbell , Marquess of Argyll
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| Date | 1605 – 1661 |
| Biographical Notes | Scottish nobleman and politician. Major actor and de facto ruler in Scotland during the civil war. Also a leading figure in the Covenanter movement. Argyll was bitterly estranged from his son Archibald Campbell, Lord Lorne, who was a leader of the Royalist faction. Executed in 1661 by Charles II. See ODNB. |
| Work(s) | author of Of Travel (1661) in Instructions to a Son by the Marquis of Argyle. Written in the Time of his Confinement |