Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, 4th Baronet

In 1641, Sir Dugald Campbell, 3rd Baronet of Auchinbreck, died while attempting to put out a catastrophic fire at the castle. Sir Duncan Campbell decided to move the family to Carnassarie Castle which Sir Dugald had purchased from the Earl of Argyll.

Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, 4th Bt.[1]

• M, #20862,
• d. circa 1700
• Last Edited=9 Feb 2011

Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, 4th Bt. married Lady Henrietta Lindsay, daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres and Lady Anne Mackenzie, circa 28 February 1679/80.[1]

He died circa 1700.[1]

He was the son of Archibald Campbell of Knockamillie and Margaret Campbell.[2]

• He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Campbell, of Auchinbreck [N.S., 1628] circa 1662.[1]
• In 1686 his title and estates were forfeited and the latter given to the 1st Earl of Melfort.[1]
• He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Argyllshire [Scotland] between 1689 and 1698, but he resigned his seat and turned Roman Catholic.[1]
• In 1690 his forfeiture was rescinded.[1]

Child of Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, 4th Bt. and Lady Henrietta Lindsay

• 1. Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck, 5th Bt.+[2] b. c 1679, d. 14 Oct 1756

The Auchinbrecks were hereditary Lieutenant Colonels in the 17th and 18th centuries when military rank was often inherited. It was the Auchinbreck hereditary right and responsibility to raise an army for the Duke of Argyll who would then lead the soldiers into battle in engagements such as:

Monmouth Rebellion (1685)

Following the 9th Earl of Argyll's failed uprising in support of the Monmouth Rebellion, against James VII in 1685, the castle was blown up by Royalist forces.[1]

Sir Duncan Campbell, 4th Baronet of Auchinbreck[2]( ?–1700), was the son of Archibald Campbell of Knockamillie and Margaret Campbell. He married Lady Henrietta Lindsay, daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres and Lady Anne Mackenzie, circa 28 February 1679–80 and died circa 1700. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Campbell, of Auchinbreck [N.S., 1628] in around 1662 then in 1686 his title and estates were forfeited and the latter given to the 1st Earl of Melfort. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Argyllshire Scotland between 1689 and 1698, but he resigned his seat and turned Roman Catholic. In 1690 his forfeiture was rescinded.

In August 1684,[3] the heritors of North Knapdale were required to give bonds to the Marquis that they would "not recept supplie or assist in any manner of way Archibald Earle of Argyll or any other declarit fugitive or trator or intercommoned person." Bonds were taken from:

• Donald Campbell of Oib
• Duncan Campbell of Largnanshen
• Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchnabreck
• Archibald Campbell of Danna
• Duncan Campbell of Blarintibert
• John MacNeill of Airchonnan
• John McIlvernock of Oib
• Donald McCavish of Dunardarie ‎(Donald MacTavish)‎
• John Campbell of Wlva

Charging these lieges at the King's instance and the imposition of bonds without authority of parliament upset the heritors and was among the causes of discontent that later caused them to rebel. In the spring of 1625, matters came to a head. On 2 May, Argyll sailed from Holland with three ships to invade Scotland. Mr. Charles Campbell, son of the Earl met Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, whereupon they garrisoned Carnassarie Castle. Eventually more than 140 men from Knapdale joined the Earl. Of these 17 were Campbells, seven were MacTavishes, seven were Campbells, one or two were MacKellers, another seven were Campbells and 13 were MacIlvernocks. Carnassarie was defended by Colin Campbell of Blarintibbert, Duncan Campbell, his son, and Archibald Campbell in Danna and besieged by the MacLeans, MacNeill of Gallachoille and MacLachlan of Craigentyrve. The garrison and the besiegers were therefore well known to one another. Despite them being neighbours, Dugald MacTavish fiar of Dunardary was executed within sight of the garrison.

The Campbells, hearing that the Earl had been taken, surrendered the castle to Captain MacKenzie and others who had the authority of the Lord Marquis of Atholl to receive it. Among the sufferers in Knapdale was Marie Campbell, widow of John MacTavish of Dunardary, whose son Dugald had been hanged at Carnassarie. In January the following year, (1685–1686) the Government indicted:

• Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck
• Campbell of Knap
• Mr. Alexander Campbell, Advocate
• Campbell of Kilberry, younger
• Archibald McIlvernock of Oak
• Dugald McCavish of Dunardarie

In 1690 an Act of Parliament rescinded all fines and forfeitures dating to 1665 whose beneficiaries included Earl of Argyll, Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchenbreck, the deceased Dugald M'Avish of Dinardrie and others‎. However, the consequences of the 1685 rebellion could not be remedied by an Act of Parliament five years later. Auchinbreck and his heritors were ruined. His money went in payment of Argyll's troops and this was never recovered. Along with others, he suffered destruction of property, plundering of goods, loss of cattle and sheep, deprivation of rent for four years and the expense of living abroad. When he returned, it was to tenants who were themselves robbed and impoverished.

On August 27, 1691, the Government gave the chiefs an opportunity to take an oath of allegiance, after which all treasons would be pardoned and the chiefs restored to their estates. The danger of invasion in the Jacobite interest still continued, and a list of the fencible men in Knapdale, between sixteen and sixty, was drawn up on 26 May 1692.

A number of the MacTavishes in Dunardary left North Knapdale about 1718 and settled in the Fraser country of Stratherrick. Under the leadership of Duncan Campbell of Kilduskland and Dugald MacTavish of Dunardry "a considerabe number of people" sailed from North Knapdale in July 1739. In November, 1741, word was received that the adventurers had settled at Cape Fear in North Carolina and expected "a greater number of the poorer sort to follow." The upheaval of the Forty Five Rebellion followed Thirty years later .[4]

From the English Wikipedia page on Monmouth Rebellion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion

The Monmouth Rebellion,The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion of 1685, was an attempt to overthrow James II, who had become King of England, King of Scots and King of Ireland at the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic, and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace James II.

The rebellion ended with the defeat of Monmouth's forces at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685. Monmouth was executed for treason on 15 July, and many of his supporters were executed or transported in the "Bloody Assizes" of Judge Jeffreys.

Monmouth was an illegitimate son of Charles II. There had been rumours that Charles had married Monmouth's mother, Lucy Walter,[1] but no evidence was forthcoming,[2] and Charles always said that he only had one wife, Catherine of Braganza.[3] That marriage produced no surviving children. Monmouth was a Protestant. He had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the English Army by his father in 1672 and Captain-General in 1678, enjoying some successes in the Netherlands in the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[1]

An attempt was made in 1681 to pass the Exclusion Bill, an Act of Parliament to exclude James Stuart, Charles II's brother, from the succession and substitute Monmouth, but Charles outmanoeuvred his opponents and dissolved Parliament for the final time.[4][5] After the Rye House Plot to assassinate both Charles and James, Monmouth exiled himself to Holland, and gathered supporters in The Hague.[6]

So long as Charles II remained on the throne, Monmouth was content to live a life of pleasure in Holland, while still hoping to accede peaceably to the throne. The accession of James II put an end to these hopes. Prince William of Orange, although also a Protestant, was bound to James by treaties and could not accommodate a rival claimant.

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Other important members of the rebellion were:

- Robert Ferguson. A fanatical Scottish Presbyterian Minister, he was also known as "the plotter".[10] It was Ferguson who drew up Monmouth's proclamation, and he who was most in favour of Monmouth being crowned King.[10]

- The Duke of Argyll. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll was to lead the Scottish revolt and had already been involved in one unsuccessful attempt, known as the Rye House Plot of 1683.[12]

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Monmouth was counting on a rebellion in Scotland, led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll,[18] weakening the King's support and army. Argyll landed at Campbeltown on 20 May and spent some days raising a small army of supporters, but was unable to hold them together while marching through the lowlands towards Glasgow. Argyll and his few remaining companions were captured at Inchinnan on 19 June, and he was taken to Edinburgh, where he was executed on 30 June. Expected rebellions in Cheshire and East Anglia also failed to materialise.

The morale of Monmouth's forces started to collapse as news of the setback in Scotland arrived on 28 June, while the makeshift army was camped in France.

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000053900663830&

This generation in particular, Patrick b. 1614 d. 1661 per Burke's, is problematic.

Burke's references to him as of 'Moyriss' and 'Magheryhubber' I believe are derived from Rev. George Hill's account of the Plantation of Ulster published in 1877, specifically page 524. See the link below obtained from Google Books, accessed 5 February 2017.

https://books.google.com/books?id=8oMJAAAAIAAJ&q=duffe&hl=en#v=snip...

'Moyriss' I believe is the modern townland of Moross, civil parish of Clondavaddog, Co. Donegal. 'Magheryhubber' I believe represents a now obsolete place name within the same civil parish.

But Rev. Hill's citation of the document supporting Patrick's death in 1661 is clearly nonsense, as it is dated 9 Car. II--9th year of the reign of Charles II, or 1657. Also, the birth date of 1614 inferred by Burke's makes little sense for a grandson of Rev. Dugald Campbell of Letterkenny, who himself must have been born in the 1570s or 1580s, and the death date of 1661 is impossible for the father of the John Campbell who married Grace Hay, who himself must have been born around 1680.

None the less, I believe the totality of evidence supports the 1914 edition of Burke's as the most accurate pedigree currently available from the conflicting theories. For a more complete consideration of the merits of these theories, see the linked blogpost entries, along with updates, by Jack Mason.

http://lostodonnells.blogspot.com/2015/09/maria-daughter-of-dugald-...

http://lostodonnells.blogspot.com/2015/09/reconciling-traditions.html