Sir Duncan Mòr Campbell

Origins

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/campbell05.php#top

Possibly fitting here, being described in BLG1937 (Campbell, formerly of Skipness) as a natural son of the 3rd laird of Calder, is ...

• iv. Duncan Mor
  • a. John Campbell (Captain)
    • (1) John Campbell (WS)
    • (2) Jean Campbell m. (c1660) Walter Campbell of Skipness (d c1702)

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Described in BLG1937 ('Campbell, formerly of Skipness') as a natural son of the 3rd laird of Calder but shown by HJHeraldry as the youngest legitimate son was ...

• vii. Duncan 'Mor' Campbell of Sonnachan (d Altnaliphen c1633)

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/campbell45.php#con1

• Duncan 'Mor' Campbell of Sonnachan (d Altnaliphen c1633)
  • 1. Donald Campbell of Sonnachan (d c1666) apparently father of ...
    • A. Duncan Campbell of Sonnachan (d 1691)
  • 2. John Campbell (d c1633?, Captain) mentioned in BLG1937 ('Campbell, formerly of Skipness')
    • A. John Campbell (WS)
    • B. Jean Campbell

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : HJHeraldry (Campbell, vol 1, 'Airds', p44), BPGS2001 ('Campbell of Airds')
(2) For middle section : HJHeraldry (Campbell, vol 1, 'Sonnachan', p45)
(3) For lower section : HJHeraldry (Campbell, vol 1, p39)

Notes

From http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...

2 - Feb 26 1602

After such a variety of examples of violence in the south and west provinces, where a comparative civilisation prevailed, it may be curious to see an example of the outrages occasionally committed in the north. On this day, if we are to believe the statement of the suffering party, the house of Moy, belonging to John Campbell, commissary of Inverness, was attacked, despoiled, and utterly destroyed by a party under command of Alexander M’Ranald of Glengarach. They came ‘to the number of three score persons, [The names of the party, as given in the Privy council Record, are curious as a sample of Highland nomenclature of the day. These were Donald Glas M’Rannald, and Ronald M'Rannald, brothers of the aforesaid Alexander; Allaster M’Ean Vich Innes, John, Angus, Donald, and Ronald, his sons; Gorie M’Allaster Vich Gorie, and Allaster his brother; John Dow M’Connell Vich Rannald, Allan and Angus his brothers; Gilespich M’Ean Vich Connell, William and Angus his brothers; William M’Connell Vich Gorie, and Angus his brother; John M'Ean Vich Finlay Roy, and Ewen M’Finlay Roy his brother; John Dow Vich Connell Vich Finlay; John M’Innes Vich Connachie, and Paul M'Connachie Vich Innes his son; Farquhar Dow M’Connell Vich Farquhar, Allaster Dow his brother; Gilliecallum M'Farquhar Vich Connell Vich Farquhar, son to the said Farquhar; Donald M’Innes Vich Ean Dowie; Gilespich M’lnnes his brother, &c.] all thieves, broken men, and sorners of clans, bodin and furnist with bows, habershons, twa-handit swords, and other weapons invasive, and with hagbuts and pistolets.’ Reaching Moy ‘upon fair day-licht,’ they ‘divided their company in twa several companies, ane whereof remainit about the complenar’s house and biggings, where they treasonably and awfully raisit fire, burnt and destroyit his haul house, onsets, and biggings; consisting of ane hall, twa chalmers, ane kitchen, ane stable, and ane barn, and some other office-houses; together with his haill corns being in the barn and barn-yard, extending to twa grit stacks of aits, ane stack of wheat, and ane grit stack of beir, after they had spulyit, reft, and intromittit with his haill insicht plenishing.’

The other company ‘past to the house of umwhile James Buchan, the complenar’s tenant, where they first spulyit his house, guids, and geir, and then treasonably raisit fire therein. They took James Buchan, Patrick Buchan his son, and Robert Anderson his servant, and having cuttit off their legs and arms, and otherwise dismemberit them at their pleasure, they cast them quick in the fire and burnt them. In their departing, they reft and away-took with them twenty oxen and three score sheep pertening to the complenar, and wrackit and herryit his haill puir tenants. The like of whilk barbarous cruelty committit sae fer within the in-country has sendil been heard of.’
All that could be immediately done in this frightful case was to denounce the guilty parties as rebels for not appearing to answer Campbell’s complaint. Soon after, we find the Privy Council expressing its grief that the broken men of the Highlands, ‘not content with the robbery and reif whilk they were accustomed to commit upon the borders of the country, have tane the bauldness in troops to repair in fair day-licht within the heart of the in-country and to the ports of Elgin, whilk was the maist peaceable and obedient part of the haill land, and there to herry and sorn at their pleasure’ The gentlemen of Morayshire were summoned to advise with his majesty, as to the best means of restraining this insolence.—P. C. R.

There is afterwards (June 28), a complaint by Campbell of Moy as to the favour and entertainment which Dunbar of Westfield, sheriff of Moray, had given to the men by whom his estate was despoiled. It was even alleged that the Dunbars had brought the broken men into the country. This group of men accordingly had some trouble about this business, but not any of serious consequence. We do not find that any of the actual perpetrators of the outrage at Moy ever suffered for it. [4]

References

1. https://www.duttongenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=P3418&tree=t...