Earl of Irvine

Earl of Irvine was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1642 for James Campbell, Lord Kintyre. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, by his second wife Anne Cornwallis.Campbell had already been created Lord Kintyre in 1627 and was made Lord Lundie at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Scotland.

He served as colonel of the Garde Écossaise in France, on his death in 1645 and was succeeded by Sir Robert Moray.

He died childless in 1645 when the creations of 1642 became extinct. The lordship of Kintyre devolved upon his elder half-brother Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll.

Earls of Irvine (1642)

• James Campbell, 1st Earl of Irvine (1610–1645)

Family tree

Family tree: Dukes of Argyll with subsidiary titles

Lord Campbell, 1445 Duncan Campbell (d. 1453) 1st Lord Campbell Archibald Campbell (d. c. 1431–1440) Master of Campbell Earl of Argyll, 1457 Colin Campbell (c. 1433–1493) 1st Earl of Argyll and 2nd Lord Campbell Archibald Campbell (d. 1513) 2nd Earl of Argyll and 3rd Lord Campbell Colin Campbell (c. 1486–1529) 3rd Earl of Argyll and 4th Lord Campbell Archibald Campbell (c. 1507–1558) 4th Earl of Argyll and 5th Lord Campbell Archibald Campbell (c. 1532–1576) 5th Earl of Argyll and 6th Lord Campbell Colin Campbell (c. 1542–1584) 6th Earl of Argyll and 7th Lord Campbell Archibald Campbell (1575–1638) 7th Earl of Argyll and 8th Lord Campbell Marquess of Argyll, 1641 Lord of Kintyre, 1627 Earl of Irvine and Lord Lundie, 1642 Archibald Campbell (1607–1661) 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll and 9th Lord Campbell James Campbell (1610–1645) Earl of Irvine, Lord of Kintyre, and Lord Lundie Earldom and Marquessate of Argyll forfeit, 1661 Earldom of Irvine extinct, 1645 Earl of Argyll (restored), 1663 Archibald Campbell (1629–1685) 9th Earl of Argyll and 10th Lord Campbell Earldom of Argyll forfeit, 1681 Earl of Argyll (restored), 1685 Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, and Viscount Lochow and Glenyla, Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 1701 Archibald Campbell (1658–1703) 1st Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 10th Earl of Argyll and 11th Lord Campbell John Campbell (d. 1729) Earl of Greenwich and Baron Chatham, 1705 Duke of Greenwich, 1719 Earl of Ilay, 1706 John Campbell (1680–1743) 2nd Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 11th Earl of Argyll and 12th Lord Campbell, Earl of Greenwich and Baron Chatham Archibald Campbell (1682–1761) 3rd Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 12th Earl of Argyll and 13th Lord Campbell, Earl of Ilay John Campbell (c. 1693–1770) 4th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 13th Earl of Argyll and 14th Lord Campbell Dukedom and Earldom of Greenwich and Barony Chatham extinct, 1743 Earldom of Islay extinct, 1761 Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 1776 Baron Sundridge, 1766 Elizabeth Gunning (1733–1790) 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon John Campbell (1723–1806) 5th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 14th Earl of Argyll and 15th Lord Campbell, 1st Baron Sundridge Douglas Hamilton (1756–1799) 8th Duke of Hamilton, 5th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon George William Campbell (1766–1839) 6th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 15th Earl of Argyll and 16th Lord Campbell, 2nd Baron Sundridge, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell (1777–1847) 7th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 16th Earl of Argyll and 17th Lord Campbell, 3rd Baron Sundridge, 4th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon Duke of Argyll (UK), 1892 Queen Victoria (1819–1901) John Henry Campbell (1821–1837) George Douglas Campbell (1823–1900) 8th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 1st Duke of Argyll (UK), 17th Earl of Argyll and 18th Lord Campbell, 4th Baron Sundridge, 5th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 11th Lord of Kintyre, 17th Lord Lorne Princess Louise (1849–1939) John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell (1845–1914) 9th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 2nd Duke of Argyll (UK), 18th Earl of Argyll and 19th Lord Campbell, 5th Baron Sundridge, 6th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 12th Lord of Kintyre, 18th Lord Lorne Lord Archibald Campbell (1846–1913) Lord Walter Campbell (1848–1889) Niall Diarmid Campbell (1872–1948) 10th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 3rd Duke of Argyll (UK), 19th Earl of Argyll and 20th Lord Campbell, 6th Baron Sundridge, 7th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 13th Lord of Kintyre, 19th Lord Lorne Douglas Walter Campbell (1877–1926) Ian Douglas Campbell (1903–1973) 11th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 4th Duke of Argyll (UK), 20th Earl of Argyll and 21st Lord Campbell, 7th Baron Sundridge, 8th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 14th Lord of Kintyre, 20th Lord Lorne Ian Campbell (1937–2001) 12th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 5th Duke of Argyll (UK), 21st Earl of Argyll and 22nd Lord Campbell, 8th Baron Sundridge, 9th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 15th Lord of Kintyre, 21st Lord Lorne Torquhil Ian Campbell (b. 1968) 13th Duke of Argyll (Scotland), Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 6th Duke of Argyll (UK), 22nd Earl of Argyll and 23rd Lord Campbell, 9th Baron Sundridge, 10th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, 16th Lord of Kintyre, 22nd Lord Lorne Archie Frederick Campbell (b. 2004) styled Marquess of Lorne

See also

• Duke of Argyll
• Clan Campbell

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages