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Abbot Donald Allen Campbell

Abbot Donald Allen Campbell

Male 1492 - 1562  (70 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Donald Allen Campbell 
    Prefix Abbot 
    Birth 1492  Loch Awe, Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Dec 1562  Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 12 Mar 1934  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LVZM-FKX 
    Burial Bendochy Churchyard, Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I168233  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Sir Archibald Gillispie Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll,   b. 6 May 1465, Castle Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1513, Branxton, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Lady Elizabeth Isabel Stewart, Countess of Argyll,   b. 9 Apr 1465, Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1529, Castle Campbell, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1479  Balvenie Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1492 - Loch Awe, Argyllshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Dec 1562 - Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 12 Mar 1934 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bendochy Churchyard, Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • In early life he was a soldier. By 1525 he was a clerk of Lismore in t h e diocese of Argyll. By 1529 he became the last Roman Catholic abbot o f t he Cistercian abbey of Cupar Angus in eastern Perthshire. Appointe d a Lor d of Session in 1541. Under Queen Mary Stewart was appointed memb er of th e Privy Council of the Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland. Sat i n the Scot tish Parliament. Nominated in 1549/50 to be Bishop of Dunkeld , and agai n nominated by the Regent Queen Mother, Mary of Guise, to be B ishop of Br echin. Was considered a very able abbot, diplomat and politic ian.