Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll

{{Infobox noble

| honorific_prefix = His Grace

| name = The Duke of Argyll

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KStJ|DL|FRSA}}

| image = 12th Duke of Argyll Allan Warren.jpg

| caption = Portrait by Allan Warren, 1986

| predecessor = Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll

| successor = Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll

| birth_date = 28 August 1937

| birth_place = Chelsea, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|4|21|1937|8|28|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| burial_date = 27 April 2001

| burial_place = Inishail, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

| spouse = {{marriage|Iona Mary Colquhoun|1964}}

| issue = Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
Lady Louise Burrell

| parents = Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews

| religion =

| occupation = Scottish peer, businessman, and Chief of Clan Campbell

| module = {{Infobox officeholder

| embed = yes

| office = Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal

| term_start = 7 April 1973

| term_end = 11 November 1999
as a hereditary peer

| predecessor = Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll

| successor = Seat abolished

}}

Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KStJ|DL|FRSA}} (28 August 1937 – 21 April 2001), styled Marquess of Lorne between 1949 and 1973, was a Scottish peer and Chief of Clan Campbell. He was the 12th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland, 5th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute.

Early life and education

Argyll was the son of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and his second wife, Louise Hollingsworth Morris Clews.

He was brought up in Portugal and France, educated at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland and Glenalmond College in Scotland before going on to McGill University in Canada where he studied engineering.

{{cite news|title=The Duke of Argyll|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1317009/The-Duke-of-Argyll.html|date=23 April 2001 |access-date=24 May 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

Later life

In 1953, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. He served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, earning the rank of captain. Following his military service he worked in banking, then spent four years as a sales executive with Rank Xerox Export, regularly travelling behind the Iron Curtain.

In 1968 he took over running the dukedom's Inveraray Castle estate for his father. On the death of his father in 1973, Argyll became a member of the board of directors of three distilleries and in 1977 became Chairman of Beinn Bhuidhe Holdings Ltd. in 1977. He was invested as a Knight of the Order of St. John in 1975.

Marriage and children

Argyll married Iona Mary Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet, in 1964. They lived at Inveraray Castle in Argyll. The couple had two children:{{cite web|title=Iona, Duchess of Argyll and Lady Louise Burrell|date=3 August 2011 |url=http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2008/january/launch-of-food-for-friends#!/4446/image/6|publisher=Tatler}}

Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 29 May 1968)
Lady Louise Iona Campbell (born 26 October 1972), married Anthony Merrik Burrell in 1998.

Iona, Duchess of Argyll, and her daughter Lady Louise are both patronesses of the Royal Caledonian Ball.{{cite web|title=Patronesses|url=http://www.royalcaledonianball.com/ball_details/patronesses|publisher=Royal Caledonian Ball|access-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014035226/http://www.royalcaledonianball.com/ball_details/patronesses|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead}}

Death

The duke died of heart failure during surgery in 2001 at the age of 63.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/23/guardianobituaries2 Andrew Roth, The Duke of Argyll, obituary, The Guardian, 23 April 2001] While most Dukes and Duchesses of Argyll are buried at Kilmun Parish Church, the 12th Duke and his father, the 11th Duke, both chose to be buried on the island of Inishail in Loch Awe.

In popular culture

In the 2021 mini-series A Very British Scandal, Campbell was played by Daniel Burt.{{cite web |title=A Very British Scandal |url=https://www.dandbperformingarts.co.uk/2021/12/a-very-british-scandal/ |website=D&B Academy of Performing Arts |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=24 May 2023}}

Armorial bearings

{{Emblem table

|image = File:Coat of arms of the Duke of Argyll.svg

|crest = A Boar's Head fesswise erased Or armed Argent and langued Gules

|coronet = The coronet of a duke

|escutcheon = Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lymphad Sable sails furled flag and pennants flying and oars in action proper (the Lordship of Lorne); in saltire behind the shield a Baton Gules powdered with Thistles Or ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper thereon the Crest of Scotland (as Hereditary Great Master of the Household in Scotland) and a Sword proper hilted and pommelled Or (as Hereditary Lord Justice General of Scotland)

|supporters = On either side a Lion guardant Gules

|motto = Ne Obliviscaris (Forget not)

}}