Biography of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll 1680-1743

On 12th March 1678 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 19] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale [aged 51]. He the son of Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll [aged 49] and Mary Stewart Countess Argyll. They were sixth cousins.

On 10th October 1680 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll was born to [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 22] and [his mother] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 21] at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey.

On 7th April 1694 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 13] was commissioned as Colonel of Lord Lorne's Regiment of Foot, a regiment entirely raised by the Argyll family.

In 1701 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 20] and Mary Duncombe Duchess of Argyll [aged 16] were married. She left him soon after the marriage. He the son of Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 42] and Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 41].

In 1701 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 42] was created 1st Duke Argyll. [his mother] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Argyll.

On 25th September 1703 [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll [aged 45] died. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Duke Argyll. [his wife] Mary Duncombe Duchess of Argyll [aged 18] by marriage Duchess Argyll.

In 1705 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 24] was created 1st Earl of Greenwich, 1st Baron Chatham.

In 1710 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 29] was appointed 517th Knight of the Garter by Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 44].

On 4th June 1710 James Stuart 1st Earl Bute [aged 44] died. His son [his future brother-in-law] James [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Bute. [his sister] Anne Campbell Countess Bute [aged 24] by marriage Countess Bute.

In February 1711 [his brother-in-law] James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute [aged 15] and [his sister] Anne Campbell Countess Bute [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll and [his mother] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 51]. He the son of James Stuart 1st Earl Bute.

Around 1715 [his daughter] Anne Campbell Countess Strafford was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 34] and [his future wife] Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. She married 1741 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford, son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Anne Johnson Countess Strafford.

In 1717 [his wife] Mary Duncombe Duchess of Argyll [aged 32] died. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 6th June 1717 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 36] and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll were married. She by marriage Duchess Argyll. They had four daughters. He the son of Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 57].

On 17th November 1717 [his daughter] Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 37] and [his wife] Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. She married (1) 2nd October 1742 her fourth cousin once removed Francis Scott, son of Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch and Jane Douglas, and had issue (2) August 1755 her fifth cousin once removed Charles Townshend, son of Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend and Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison.

In April 1719 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 38] was created 1st Duke of Greenwich.

In 1721 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 40] was appointed Lord Steward of the Household.

Around 1723 William Aikman [aged 40]. Portrait of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 42].

In June 1725 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 44] was appointed Master of the Ordnance.

In August 1726 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 45] was appointed Colonel of the Queen's Regiment of Horse.

On 6th February 1727 [his daughter] Mary Campbell was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 46] and [his wife] Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. She married 1st April 1747 Edward Coke, son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.

On 9th May 1735 [his mother] Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll [aged 75] died.

On 20th October 1736 [his sister] Anne Campbell Countess Bute [aged 50] died.

In 1741 [his son-in-law] William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 18] and Anne Campbell Countess Strafford [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Strafford. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 60] and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Anne Johnson Countess Strafford.

On 2nd October 1742 [his son-in-law] Francis Scott [aged 21] and Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 61] and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. He the son of Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch [aged 47] and Jane Douglas. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 4th October 1743 John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll [aged 62] died. His brother Archibald [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Duke Argyll. Duke of Greenwich, Earl of Greenwich and Baron Chatham extinct.

In 1767 [his former wife] Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll died.

On 28th August 1767 [his daughter] Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich [aged 49] was created 1st Baroness Greenwich with a special remainder to the male issue by her second husband, [his son-in-law] Charles Townshend [aged 42] who died one week after the creation. Her two sons by Charles predesceased her. Her father John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll had been created Earl of Greenwich which titles became extinct on his death.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Campbell was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll and Jane Warburton Duchess of Argyll. She married 1749 her first cousin James Stuart Mackenzie, son of James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute and Anne Campbell Countess Bute.