House of Argyll and the collateral branches of the clan Campbell, from the year 420 to the present time

42 THE CLAN CAMPBELL.
to the cause of King James the Sixth; and having
been active in securing to him the full and free admin-
istration of the government, when of age to take it into
his own hands, his Majesty was pleased to admit him
of his Privy Council, anno 1577, and to appoint him
Lord High Chancellor, anno 1579, which he executed
with the universal approbation of the whole kingdom
till his death, anno 1584. He was twice married; first,
to Janet Stewart, daughter to Henry, Lord Methven,
by whom he had no issue ; secondly, to Agnes, daughter
of William Keith, Earl Marischal, and widow of James,
Earl of Murray, Kegent of Scotland, by whom he had
two sons.
1st. Archibald, his successor, seventh Earl of
Argyll, called Gruainach, i.e. stern looked.
2nd. Sir Colin Campbell of Lundy, Baronet.
XXXVII. The eldest, Archibald, seventh Earl of
Argyll, was distinguished by his military genius as
well as by his constant and loyal adherence to his
sovereign. He commanded his forces against the Earls
of Huntly and Errol at the battle of Glenlivet, anno
1594; reduced the MacGregors, anno 1603, and sup-
pressed a more formidable insurrection of the Mac-
Donalds in the western islands, anno 1614.* For these
services he obtained a grant of the country of Kintyre,
* Balfour's Annals.