Duke of argyll

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At first glance, the portrait might resemble the board meeting of a firm of auctioneers or a convention of prep school headmasters.

Their family histories are full of heads on spikes and villages being razed to the ground, but modern Highland clan chiefs face a very different set of problems – including everything from running 60,000-acre estates to manning the tills at the gift shop. Eleanor Doughty spoke to four clan leaders; portrait photographs by Robert Perry and Richard Cannon.

Torquhil, Duke of Argyll and Chief of Clan Campbell

Read the account of Torquhil Campbell the 28th Mac Cailein Mòr, the thirty-fifth Chief of Clan Campbell, His Grace, the 13th Duke of Argyll (S), and the 6th Duke of Arygll (UK) was born Torquhil Ian Campbell on 29 May 1968. The 13th Duke of Argyll is the son of Sir Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll and his wife Iona Mary Colquhoun, the daughter of the late Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun of Luss 8th Bt., Chief of Clan Colquhoun.

Three-part BBC series A Very British Scandal ended last night with the conclusion of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll's explosive four-year divorce battle. FEMAIL reveals what happened next.

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Before succeeding his brother to the title of Duke of Argyll in 1744, Archibald Campbell was known as Earl of Ilay. A Whig supporter in the turbulent political climate of the early 1700s, he was Robert Walpole’s right-hand man in Scotland and became a very powerful figure during the 1740s and 50s. Trained as a lawyer, he held important posts including that of lord justice-general, the head of Scotland’s highest criminal court. This portrait, showing the Duke in legal robes, is one of three…

He also recommends his favourite places to see, eat and stay in London.