John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll 1723-1806

Before 12th January 1721 [his father] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 28] and [his mother] Mary Drummond Bellenden [aged 36] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In June 1723 John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll was born to John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 30] and Mary Drummond Bellenden [aged 38].

In 1736 [his mother] Mary Drummond Bellenden [aged 51] died.

In March 1739 [his brother-in-law] Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury [aged 56] and [his sister] Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of [his father] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 46] and [his mother] Mary Drummond Bellenden. He the son of Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury [aged 83] and Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1740 Gavin Hamilton [aged 17]. Portrait of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 16].

On 16th December 1741 Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury [aged 85] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 59] succeeded 4th Earl Elgin, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Viscount Bruce of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. [his sister] Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 20] by marriage Countess Elgin, Countess Ailesbury.

On 19th December 1747 [his brother-in-law] Field Marshal Henry Seymour-Conway [aged 26] and [his sister] Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 54] and [his mother] Mary Drummond Bellenden.

On 3rd January 1759 John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 35] and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 25] were married. He the son of John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 66] and Mary Drummond Bellenden.

On 31st March 1760 [his daughter] Augusta Campbell was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 36] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 26]. She married in or before 1790 her fourth cousin once removed Brigadier-General Henry Mordaunt Clavering and had issue.

On 30th September 1760 [his sister-in-law] Maria Gunning Countess Coventry [aged 28] died of lead poisoning, killed by the toxins used in her beauty products.

On 15th April 1761 Archibald Campbell 3rd Duke Argyll [aged 78] died. His first cousin [his father] John [aged 68] succeeded 4th Duke Argyll.

On 21st July 1761 Archibald Douglas 1st Duke of Douglas [aged 66] died. Duke Douglas extinct. His half second cousin twice removed [his step-son] James [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Marquess Douglas.

On 17th February 1763 [his son] George John Campbell was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 39] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 29]. He died aged one in 1764.

On 9th July 1764 [his son] George John Campbell [aged 1] died.

On 22nd September 1768 [his son] George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 45] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 34]. He married 29th November 1810 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll, daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and Frances Twysden.

On 7th July 1769 [his step-son] James Hamilton 7th Duke Hamilton 4th Duke Brandon [aged 14] died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His brother Douglas [aged 12] succeeded 8th Duke Hamilton, 5th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 4th Marquess Douglas, 5th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.

On 9th November 1770 [his father] John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll [aged 77] died. His son John [aged 47] succeeded 5th Duke Argyll. [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 36] by marriage Countess Argyll.

On 23rd June 1774 Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 21] and [his step-daughter] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 40].

On 28th January 1775 [his daughter] Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 51] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 41]. She married 14th June 1796 John Campbell 4th of Islay and had issue.

On 22nd February 1776 Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby [aged 86] died. His grandson Edward [aged 23] succeeded 12th Earl Derby, 6th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his step-daughter] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 23] by marriage Countess Derby.

Around 1777 [his step-son] Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon [aged 20] and Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. He the son of James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 43].

On 21st December 1777 [his son] John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll was born to John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 54] and [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 44]. He married 1820 Joan Glassel and had issue.

In or before 1790 [his son-in-law] Brigadier-General Henry Mordaunt Clavering [aged 30] and Augusta Campbell [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 66] and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 56]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 20th December 1790 [his wife] Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll [aged 57] died in Argyll House 211 King's Road King's Road. Her son [his step-son] Douglas [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire. Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 14th June 1796 [his son-in-law] John Campbell 4th of Islay [aged 26] and Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 73] and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

On 17th January 1803 [his sister] Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 82] died.

On 24th May 1806 John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll [aged 82] died. His son George [aged 37] succeeded 6th Duke Argyll.