Iona Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
{{Short description|Scottish noblewoman (1945–2024)}}
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{{Infobox Peer
| honorific_prefix = Her Grace
| name = The Dowager Duchess of Argyll
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| birth_name = Iona Mary Colquhoun
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|06|22}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|02|22|1945|06|22}}
| death_place = Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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| nationality = Scottish
| parents = Ivar Colquhoun
Kathleen Nimmo Duncan
| spouse = {{marriage|Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll|1964|21 April 2001|end=died}}
| issue = Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
Lady Louise Burrell
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Iona Mary Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Colquhoun; 22 June 1945 – 22 February 2024) was a Scottish noblewoman. She was married to the 12th Duke of Argyll from 1964 until his death in 2001, after which she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Argyll.
Biography
Iona Mary Colquhoun was born in 1945 in Edinburgh, the second child and only daughter of Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet of Luss, and his wife, Kathleen (née Duncan, sister of Marjorie Grimston, Countess of Verulam). She had two brothers, Torquhil and Malcolm.
On 4 July 1964, she married Ian Campbell, the then-Marquess of Lorne, at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.{{cite web|title=A Campbell of Argyll Marries a Colquhoun of Luss in Edinburgh; Son and Daughter of Clans' Chiefs Wed At St. Giles's|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/05/archives/a-campbell-of-argyll-marries-a-colquhoun-of-luss-in-edinburgh-son-a.html|date= 5 July 1964|work=The New York Times|accessdate=31 May 2019}} They had two children:
- Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 1968). Married to Eleanor Cadbury on 8 June 2002 at St Mary's Church, Fairford. Their children are:
- Archie Frederick Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (born 2004)
- Lord Rory James Campbell (born 2006)
- Lady Charlotte Mary Campbell (born 2008)
- Lady Louise Iona Campbell (born 1972).{{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}} Married to Anthony Merrik Burrell on 18 April 1998 at St Giles' Cathedral. Their children are:
- Teale Iona Burrell (born 11 February 2005)
- Albert Westray Burrell (born 4 February 2009)
Argyll and her daughter-in-law were patronesses of the Royal Caledonian Ball.{{cite web|title=Patronesses|url=http://www.royalcaledonianball.com/ball_details/patronesses|publisher=Royal Caledonian Ball|access-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014035226/http://www.royalcaledonianball.com/ball_details/patronesses|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead}}
Argyll died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.{{cite news |title=Iona Mary, Dowager Duchess of Argyll |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/argyll-notices_55977 |access-date=28 February 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=28 February 2024}}
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Category:British duchesses by marriage