John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

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British Army officer Scottish soldier Whig politician human nobleman peer of Scotland statesman

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, was a prominent Scottish soldier and statesman who played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1715 and served in high military and political office under the British crown.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
2nd Duke of Argyll	1
Lord Campbell	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ Scottish soldier ⓘ Whig politician ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ peer of Scotland ⓘ statesman ⓘ
allegiance	House of Hanover ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate	1678-10-10 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	1743-10-04 ⓘ
father	Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll ⓘ surface form: Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll
house	Clan Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Parliament of Scotland ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal ⓘ
monarchServed	George I of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George I George II of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George II Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Queen Anne
mother	Elizabeth Tollemache ⓘ
name	John Campbell ⓘ
nobleTitle	John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2nd Duke of Argyll Baron Chatham ⓘ Duke of Argyll ⓘ Earl of Argyll ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Sheriffmuir ⓘ Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
notableFor	leading government forces against the Jacobites in 1715 ⓘ service as a senior commander in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
notableWork	suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalAlignment	Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whig
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, Scotland ⓘ Duke of Argyll ⓘ Field Marshal of Great Britain ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire ⓘ Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ
sibling	Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll ⓘ
spouse	Jane Warburton ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Battle of Sheriffmuir → commander → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ

the Fifteen → hasOpposingCommander → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ

Jacobite rising of 1715 → hasParticipant → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ

Duke of Argyll → hasSubsidiaryTitle → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Campbell

Duke of Argyll → hasTitleHolder → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll → nobleTitle → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Duke of Argyll

John Erskine, Earl of Mar → opponent → John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll ⓘ