10th Lord and 5th Baronet of the Glenorchy; 1st Earl of Breadalbane
William A. Gillies, In Famed Breadalbane, pp. 157-163 (1938), has written:
"John Campbell, younger of Glenorchy, was born about 1635.... [His first wife] was the beautiful and wealthy Lady Mary Rich, [third] daughter of Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland.... The couple were married on 17th December, 1657 [in London]. ***
[After Mary's death at about 30 years old in 1666 Sir John took Glenorchy management away from his father; he led an army of his father's and groups of other soliders to suppress a rebellion in Caithness, -- the Battle of Altimarlach in July, 1680 -- and was subsequently appointed Earl of Caithness and Viscount Breadalbane, with the right to assume the name and arms of Sinclair. Later political and physical disputes with the Sinclairs led the King to renounce the patent of Earldom and return it to the Sinclairs.]
"On 13th August, 1681, [by way of compensation] John Campbell ... was created Earl of Brea D'Albane [sic] and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Paintland, Lord Glenorchie [sic], Benderaloch, Ormelie, and Wick, in the Peerage of Scotland. ***
"The first Earl of Breadalbane bears a most unenviable reputation in history. He was much distrusted in his day. One contemporary said that 'he was cunning as a fox, wise as a serpent, but as slippery as an eel... ***"
The "contemporary" was John Macky, and in his Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq; During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I, p. 121 (1733)] he wrote of Breadalbane: "He is as cunning as a Fox, wise as a Serpent, but as slippery as an Eel: No Government can trust him but where his own private Interest is in View.... He knows neither Honour, nor Religion, but where they are mixed with Interest, and then they serve as specious Pretences."
Rev. Gillies continued (supra, p. 175): "The Earl of Breadalbane's wife, Lady Mary Rich ... died on 8th February, 1666. By her he had two sons, Duncan, who was styled Lord Ormelie, born about 1660; and John, Lord Glenorchy, born on 19th November, 1662. The Earl took as his second wife, Mary, [third] daughter of Archibald [Campbell] Marquis of Argyll, and widow of George [Sinclair], sixth Earl of Caithness. This marriage took place on 7th April, 1678. By his second wife he had a son, Colin, who was styled 'of Armadie' ... [and who died unmarried in 1708].
"Some time after the death of his second wife the Earl took for his mistress Mrs. Mildred Littler, housekeeper at Balloch [Taymouth Castle]. Mrs. Littler bore him a daughter, Mary. *** "
Kilchurn Castle, located on the northeastern end of Loch Awe in Argyllshire, was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane. The original castle was a tower house and a hall (Laich Hall). The castle was built in about 1450 by Sir Colin Campbell, first Lord of Glenorchy. In 1681 the Earl converted Kilchurn Castle into a modern barracks, capable of housing 200 troops. His main addition was the three story L-shaped block along the north side. Kilchurn was used as a Government garrison during the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. In 1760 the castle was badly damaged by a violent storm and was abandoned.
Concerning the Earl's reputation, a Scottish historian has written recently: "The first earl was a double-dealing, snide little creature whose hands were tainted by the blood of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692...." David McNicoll, "The Lady of Lawers Prophecy: The Rise and Fall of the House of Breadalbane," Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (NA), vol. 39, p. 23 (2012).
William A. Gillies, In Famed Breadalbane, pp. 157-163 (1938), has written:
"John Campbell, younger of Glenorchy, was born about 1635.... [His first wife] was the beautiful and wealthy Lady Mary Rich, [third] daughter of Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland.... The couple were married on 17th December, 1657 [in London]. ***
[After Mary's death at about 30 years old in 1666 Sir John took Glenorchy management away from his father; he led an army of his father's and groups of other soliders to suppress a rebellion in Caithness, -- the Battle of Altimarlach in July, 1680 -- and was subsequently appointed Earl of Caithness and Viscount Breadalbane, with the right to assume the name and arms of Sinclair. Later political and physical disputes with the Sinclairs led the King to renounce the patent of Earldom and return it to the Sinclairs.]
"On 13th August, 1681, [by way of compensation] John Campbell ... was created Earl of Brea D'Albane [sic] and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Paintland, Lord Glenorchie [sic], Benderaloch, Ormelie, and Wick, in the Peerage of Scotland. ***
"The first Earl of Breadalbane bears a most unenviable reputation in history. He was much distrusted in his day. One contemporary said that 'he was cunning as a fox, wise as a serpent, but as slippery as an eel... ***"
The "contemporary" was John Macky, and in his Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq; During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I, p. 121 (1733)] he wrote of Breadalbane: "He is as cunning as a Fox, wise as a Serpent, but as slippery as an Eel: No Government can trust him but where his own private Interest is in View.... He knows neither Honour, nor Religion, but where they are mixed with Interest, and then they serve as specious Pretences."
Rev. Gillies continued (supra, p. 175): "The Earl of Breadalbane's wife, Lady Mary Rich ... died on 8th February, 1666. By her he had two sons, Duncan, who was styled Lord Ormelie, born about 1660; and John, Lord Glenorchy, born on 19th November, 1662. The Earl took as his second wife, Mary, [third] daughter of Archibald [Campbell] Marquis of Argyll, and widow of George [Sinclair], sixth Earl of Caithness. This marriage took place on 7th April, 1678. By his second wife he had a son, Colin, who was styled 'of Armadie' ... [and who died unmarried in 1708].
"Some time after the death of his second wife the Earl took for his mistress Mrs. Mildred Littler, housekeeper at Balloch [Taymouth Castle]. Mrs. Littler bore him a daughter, Mary. *** "
Kilchurn Castle, located on the northeastern end of Loch Awe in Argyllshire, was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane. The original castle was a tower house and a hall (Laich Hall). The castle was built in about 1450 by Sir Colin Campbell, first Lord of Glenorchy. In 1681 the Earl converted Kilchurn Castle into a modern barracks, capable of housing 200 troops. His main addition was the three story L-shaped block along the north side. Kilchurn was used as a Government garrison during the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. In 1760 the castle was badly damaged by a violent storm and was abandoned.
Concerning the Earl's reputation, a Scottish historian has written recently: "The first earl was a double-dealing, snide little creature whose hands were tainted by the blood of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692...." David McNicoll, "The Lady of Lawers Prophecy: The Rise and Fall of the House of Breadalbane," Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (NA), vol. 39, p. 23 (2012).
10th Lord and 5th Baronet of the Glenorchy; 1st Earl of Breadalbane
William A. Gillies, In Famed Breadalbane, pp. 157-163 (1938), has written:
"John Campbell, younger of Glenorchy, was born about 1635.... [His first wife] was the beautiful and wealthy Lady Mary Rich, [third] daughter of Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland.... The couple were married on 17th December, 1657 [in London]. ***
[After Mary's death at about 30 years old in 1666 Sir John took Glenorchy management away from his father; he led an army of his father's and groups of other soliders to suppress a rebellion in Caithness, -- the Battle of Altimarlach in July, 1680 -- and was subsequently appointed Earl of Caithness and Viscount Breadalbane, with the right to assume the name and arms of Sinclair. Later political and physical disputes with the Sinclairs led the King to renounce the patent of Earldom and return it to the Sinclairs.]
"On 13th August, 1681, [by way of compensation] John Campbell ... was created Earl of Brea D'Albane [sic] and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Paintland, Lord Glenorchie [sic], Benderaloch, Ormelie, and Wick, in the Peerage of Scotland. ***
"The first Earl of Breadalbane bears a most unenviable reputation in history. He was much distrusted in his day. One contemporary said that 'he was cunning as a fox, wise as a serpent, but as slippery as an eel... ***"
The "contemporary" was John Macky, and in his Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq; During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I, p. 121 (1733)] he wrote of Breadalbane: "He is as cunning as a Fox, wise as a Serpent, but as slippery as an Eel: No Government can trust him but where his own private Interest is in View.... He knows neither Honour, nor Religion, but where they are mixed with Interest, and then they serve as specious Pretences."
Rev. Gillies continued (supra, p. 175): "The Earl of Breadalbane's wife, Lady Mary Rich ... died on 8th February, 1666. By her he had two sons, Duncan, who was styled Lord Ormelie, born about 1660; and John, Lord Glenorchy, born on 19th November, 1662. The Earl took as his second wife, Mary, [third] daughter of Archibald [Campbell] Marquis of Argyll, and widow of George [Sinclair], sixth Earl of Caithness. This marriage took place on 7th April, 1678. By his second wife he had a son, Colin, who was styled 'of Armadie' ... [and who died unmarried in 1708].
"Some time after the death of his second wife the Earl took for his mistress Mrs. Mildred Littler, housekeeper at Balloch [Taymouth Castle]. Mrs. Littler bore him a daughter, Mary. *** "
Kilchurn Castle, located on the northeastern end of Loch Awe in Argyllshire, was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane. The original castle was a tower house and a hall (Laich Hall). The castle was built in about 1450 by Sir Colin Campbell, first Lord of Glenorchy. In 1681 the Earl converted Kilchurn Castle into a modern barracks, capable of housing 200 troops. His main addition was the three story L-shaped block along the north side. Kilchurn was used as a Government garrison during the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. In 1760 the castle was badly damaged by a violent storm and was abandoned.
Concerning the Earl's reputation, a Scottish historian has written recently: "The first earl was a double-dealing, snide little creature whose hands were tainted by the blood of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692...." David McNicoll, "The Lady of Lawers Prophecy: The Rise and Fall of the House of Breadalbane," Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (NA), vol. 39, p. 23 (2012).
William A. Gillies, In Famed Breadalbane, pp. 157-163 (1938), has written:
"John Campbell, younger of Glenorchy, was born about 1635.... [His first wife] was the beautiful and wealthy Lady Mary Rich, [third] daughter of Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland.... The couple were married on 17th December, 1657 [in London]. ***
[After Mary's death at about 30 years old in 1666 Sir John took Glenorchy management away from his father; he led an army of his father's and groups of other soliders to suppress a rebellion in Caithness, -- the Battle of Altimarlach in July, 1680 -- and was subsequently appointed Earl of Caithness and Viscount Breadalbane, with the right to assume the name and arms of Sinclair. Later political and physical disputes with the Sinclairs led the King to renounce the patent of Earldom and return it to the Sinclairs.]
"On 13th August, 1681, [by way of compensation] John Campbell ... was created Earl of Brea D'Albane [sic] and Holland, Viscount of Tay and Paintland, Lord Glenorchie [sic], Benderaloch, Ormelie, and Wick, in the Peerage of Scotland. ***
"The first Earl of Breadalbane bears a most unenviable reputation in history. He was much distrusted in his day. One contemporary said that 'he was cunning as a fox, wise as a serpent, but as slippery as an eel... ***"
The "contemporary" was John Macky, and in his Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Esq; During the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I, p. 121 (1733)] he wrote of Breadalbane: "He is as cunning as a Fox, wise as a Serpent, but as slippery as an Eel: No Government can trust him but where his own private Interest is in View.... He knows neither Honour, nor Religion, but where they are mixed with Interest, and then they serve as specious Pretences."
Rev. Gillies continued (supra, p. 175): "The Earl of Breadalbane's wife, Lady Mary Rich ... died on 8th February, 1666. By her he had two sons, Duncan, who was styled Lord Ormelie, born about 1660; and John, Lord Glenorchy, born on 19th November, 1662. The Earl took as his second wife, Mary, [third] daughter of Archibald [Campbell] Marquis of Argyll, and widow of George [Sinclair], sixth Earl of Caithness. This marriage took place on 7th April, 1678. By his second wife he had a son, Colin, who was styled 'of Armadie' ... [and who died unmarried in 1708].
"Some time after the death of his second wife the Earl took for his mistress Mrs. Mildred Littler, housekeeper at Balloch [Taymouth Castle]. Mrs. Littler bore him a daughter, Mary. *** "
Kilchurn Castle, located on the northeastern end of Loch Awe in Argyllshire, was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane. The original castle was a tower house and a hall (Laich Hall). The castle was built in about 1450 by Sir Colin Campbell, first Lord of Glenorchy. In 1681 the Earl converted Kilchurn Castle into a modern barracks, capable of housing 200 troops. His main addition was the three story L-shaped block along the north side. Kilchurn was used as a Government garrison during the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. In 1760 the castle was badly damaged by a violent storm and was abandoned.
Concerning the Earl's reputation, a Scottish historian has written recently: "The first earl was a double-dealing, snide little creature whose hands were tainted by the blood of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692...." David McNicoll, "The Lady of Lawers Prophecy: The Rise and Fall of the House of Breadalbane," Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (NA), vol. 39, p. 23 (2012).
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