Lady Victoria Campbell

16 THE HOUSEHOLD FRIENDS
those who have not the remembrance of households
passing their days with the family have lost a rich
experience.
The oldest of the household friends was Elizabeth
King, whose life was entirely spent on the Argyll
estates, and in the service of three generations
of the family.
She was the daughter of the estate carpenter,
John King, a member of a family of the old Scottish
type. A rigid Calvinist, and a man who might have
sat to Sir Walter Scott for his character of Davie
Deans. Lizzie was brought up under the strictest
discipline, and the creed of her home was the simple
one of " Fear God, and honour the Duke." She
entered the service of George, sixth Duke of Argyll,
in the Castle at Rosneath. His brother, Lord John
Campbell, lived then in Ardencaple Castle, the two
houses standing on opposite sides of the Gareloch.
As Lord John's two sons John and George grew up,
they were often across the loch, shooting on the
Rosneath estate, and having a " piece " in the
Castle, where the young caretaker looked after their
wants. On the death of Duke George, Lord John
Campbell succeeded to the title, and his son Lord
Lome, having married Lady Elizabeth Leveson-
Gower, the daughter of the Duke of Sutherland,
the Castle at Rosneath was given them for their
residence.
A short biographical notice of the life of this de-
voted friend and servant was written many years ago
for the pages of " Life and Work." Lady Victoria