John Campbell of Cawdor (nobleman)
Sir John Campbell (c. 1490 - 1 May 1546) was a Scottish nobleman and the eponymous ancestor of the Campbells of Cawdor.
John was the third son of the Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth, a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. He married the daughter and heiress of Sir John Calder of Calder, in 1510, whom his father had kidnapped. He died on 1 May 1546, his wife Muriel surviving him dying in 1575.
Family
By his wife, Muriel, daughter of John Calder of Calder and Isabella Rose, their children were:
- Archibald Campbell, died in December 1551.
- Katherine Campbell, died on 1 October 1578.
- John Campbell, Bishop of the Isles, died in 1585.
- Janet Campbell
- Donald Campbell
- Marjory Campbell
- Duncan Campbell, died in 1572
- William Campbell
- Isabell Campbell
- Alexander Campbell
- Ann Campbell
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References
- burkes-peerage.net, "The Campbells of Cawdor". Extract from The Great Historic Families of Scotland (1887), by James Taylor
- The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor: A Series of Papers selected from the Charter Room at Cawdor 1236-1742 By Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1859
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