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About Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
John succeeded his father in 1770, became the first President of the Highland Society of Scotland and married a celebrated beauty, Elizabeth Gunning, widow of the sixth Duke of Hamilton, in 1759. Both Duke and Duchess were subscribers to Robert Burns' Poems.
Burns arrived at Inverary in June 1787, when the Duke of Argyll had a large house party. The inn keeper was too busy attending to the Duke's guests to have time for passing travellers. Burns is supposed to have scrawled his 'On Incivility shown him at Inverary' on one of the inn windows:
"Whoe'er he be that sojourns here,
I pity much his case —
Unless he come to wait upon
The Lord their God, "His Grace...."
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Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll's Timeline
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June 1, 1723
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Inverary castle, Argyll, , Scotland
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June 1723
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1730
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March 31, 1760
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Inveraray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1768 |
September 22, 1768
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Argyll House, London, Middlesex, England
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| 1775 |
January 28, 1775
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Argyll House, Oxford Street, London, England
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| 1777 |
December 21, 1777
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Inverary Castle, Argyll, Scotland
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| 1806 |
May 24, 1806
Age 82
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Inverary Castle, Argyleshire, Scotland
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June 10, 1806
Age 82
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Collegiate Church, Kilmun, Cowal, Argyllshire, Scotland
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