The House of Argyll and the Collateral Branches of the Clan Campbell (1871) - Searchable PDF & Surname Index

Trace Your Clan Campbell & Argyllshire Ancestors Across 1,450 Years of Highland Charters, Senachie Pedigrees & Cadet Branches

Originally published in Glasgow by John Tweed in February 1871 on the eve of the royal marriage of John Campbell, Marquis of Lorne (later 9th Duke of Argyll), to HRH Princess Louise, The House of Argyll and the Collateral Branches of the Clan Campbell, From the Year 420 to the Present Time is one of the rarest and most comprehensive nineteenth-century compendiums of Clan Campbell genealogy ever printed. Compiled directly from the hereditary senachie manuscripts of Neil MacEwen (transmitted from his father Eachern MacEwen and grandfather Arthur MacEwen), the charter extracts of Alexander Colvin, the private family papers and ancient Craignish Family Tree of Archibald MacNab, Esq. of Penmore (Isle of Mull), and the privately printed 1834 Argyle Papers (originally limited to just 50 copies), this volume traces the main ducal line of Lochow and Argyll alongside the cadet houses of Craignish, Breadalbane (Glenorchy), Cawdor (Calder), Loudon, Lochnell, Asknish (MacIver), Auchinbreck, Aberuchill, Barcaldine, Succoth, Dunstaffnage, Ardkinglass, and Shawfield.

What's Inside This Enhanced Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition:

• Complete 252-Page Master Digital Volume: Includes 4 pages of newly typeset Fairbairn's Crests Front Matter (Pages i–iv), all 239 printed and engraved pages of the original 1871 Glasgow edition, and a newly compiled 9-page Back-of-Book Alphabetical Surname & Place Index.
• Artifact-Cleaned Archival Scan with Intact Native OCR: All 12 unprinted blank section versos and institutional library stamp/call-number sheets have been stripped out, while leaving the original 1871 archival page backgrounds, portrait engravings, heraldic woodcuts, fold-out Campbell Family Tree (House of Craignish), and native embedded OCR search layer 100% intact for instant Ctrl+F / Cmd+F keyword searching.
• Generational Cadet & Baronial Pedigrees: Documents marriages, tocher contracts, sasines,wadsets, and younger sons across the Houses of Argyll, Craignish (Clan Doull Craignish & Clan Charlich of Ardeonaig), Breadalbane and Glenorchy, Cawdor, Loudon, Lochnell, MacIver Campbells of Asknish, Auchinbreck, Aberuchill, Ardnamurchan, Purves-Hume-Campbell of Marchmont, Blythswood, Islay, and Succoth.
• Rare Primary Sources, Ballads & Folklore: Preserves the 1361 and 1370 Craignish charters, the 1442 Collegiate Kirk of Kilmun foundation, Robert Wodrow's Analecta anecdotes of the 1st Marquis and 9th Earl of Argyll, 1640–1703 correspondence, J. F. Campbell of Islay's Lay of Diarmid and Gaelic riddles (Ceisdean Fhinn), and the 1847 funeral procession roll at Kilmun.
• 397 Indexed Surname Groups & 238 Indexed Places: Every family surname, Gaelic patronymic, parish, castle, estate, battle, and Highland regiment is cross-referenced to its exact printed page number, accompanied by a complete Printed-to-Merged PDF Page Offset Table on Page iv.

Historical & Regional Overview

For genealogists researching ancestors in Argyllshire, Perthshire, Ayrshire, Dumbartonshire, and Nairnshire, 19th-century parish registers frequently hit a brick wall when families used interchangeable Gaelic patronymics and territorial designations. This volume bridges that gap by recording the exact transitions between hereditary clan by-names and settled surnames: how the ancient race of Siol Dhiarmid (O'Duibhn / MacDwine) adopted the surname Campbell; how the MacIver Campbells of Lergachonzie, Pennymore, and Asknish (Clan Iver-Glafry) resumed the Campbell surname under the 1689 restoration; how the MacConachy Campbells of Glenfeachan, the MacArthur Campbells of Strachur, the Clan Tavish, and the MacRaths (MacRaes) of Kintail branched from the Lochow and Craignish stems; and how outlawed or migrating branches assumed alias surnames—such as the MacVrachaters in Rannoch and Glenorchy (descended from Chairlach More of Craignish) and the MacOrans at Inchanoch, Port of Menteith (ancestors of Sir James Campbell of Stracathro and the Campbells of Tullichewan).

Beyond the Western Highlands, this record tracks the dispersion of Campbell cadet families across Ireland, the British Empire, and North America—including Lord William Campbell (Governor of Nova Scotia), Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell (Governor of Madras and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick), Sir Donald Campbell (Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island), Colin Campbell (Field Marshal Lord Clyde), and cadet descendants who settled on the Rappahannock River in Virginia, in Fonda (Montgomery County, New York), Jamaica, Calcutta, and Madras.

Surnames & Families Indexed in This Volume (397 Surname Groups):

Abercrombie (Abercromby), Abinger, Abney-Hastings, Albany, Albemarle, Alison, Anderson, Anglesea, Angus, Anson, Antrim, Argyll (Argyle, Arigil), Arran, Atholl (Athole), Aylesbury, Baillie, Bainbridge, Balcarres (Balcarras), Balfour, Baliol, Ball, Ballenden, Bannatyne, Bannerman, Barbour (Barber), Barham, Barrington, Bath, Beauchamp (Campus-Bellus, Cambus-Bellus), Belhaven,Billingsley, Black, Blackadder, Blackburn, Blair,Boyle, Breadalbane,Brodie, Bromley, Brooke, Brown, Browne-Cave, Bruce, Buccleuch, Buchanan, Buckingham, Burgoyne, Burnet, Bury, Bute, Caddell, Cadogan, Caithness, Calder (Cawdor), Calderwood, Callander (Callender), Cameron, Cameron-Campbell, Campbell (Cambel, Kambel), Campbell-Cockburn, Campbell-Renton, Carington, Carlisle,Carr,Carrick, Carstairs,Cassillis,Cathcart,Cavendish,Chalmers,Chambers,Charleville,Charteris,Chatham,Christie,Clarendon,Clavering,Clerk,Clifton,Clitheroe,Clyde,Cockburn,Codrington,Coke,Coldstream,Cole,Colquhoun,Columba (Calum-na-Kille),Colvill (Colvin, Colville),Conway,Cornwallis,Courtenay (Courtnay),Cowan,Craig,Crawfurd (Crawford),Crew,Cromarty,Cromwell,Crow,Cumming,Cunningham (Cunninghame),Dalhousie,Dalkeith,Dallas,Dalrymple,Darroch,Davenport,de Faria,de Lacerda,de Morville,Dempster,Dennistoun,Dick,Dickson,Douglas,Doughty,Doune (Down),Dreghorn,Drummond,Dunbar,Duncomb (Duncombe),Duncanson,Dundonald,Dunlop,Dysart,Echard,Edmonston,Edwards,Eglinton,Ellesmere,Elphinstone (Elphingston),Errol,Erskine,Essex,Farmer,Farquharson,Fergusson (Ferguson),Ferrers (Ferrars),Feversham,Fife,Findlater,Fisher,Fitzgerald,Fitzgibbon,Fitzhardinge,Fleming (Fleeming),Forbes,Foster,Foulis,Fraser,Gardyne (Garden),Gascoyne,Gavin,Gibson,Gillies,Gilmour,Glassel,Glencairn,Glenorchy (Glenurchy),Gordon,Gordon-Cumming,Gough,Gowrie,Graham,Grant,Grantham,Granville,Grey (Gray),Grimm,Gunning,Guthrie,Haddington,Haldane,Halliburton (Hallyburton),Hamilton,Hardwicke,Hastings,Hay,Heath,Hepburn,Hereford,Hogg,Holland,Home (Hume),Howard,Hume-Campbell,Hungerford,Huntly,Hyde,Irvine,Islay,Izard,Jamieson,Jersey,Johnston (Johnstone),Jolly,Keats,Keith,Kelly,Kenmure,Kennedy,Kent,Kerr (Ker),Kintyre,Knox,Lambton,Lamont (Lamond, Lawmond),Langlands,Lauder (Lawder),Lauderdale,Leicester,Leinster,Lennox,Leslie,Lindsay,Lisle,Lochiel,Lorn (Lorne),Lort,Lothian,Loudon (Loudoun),Lovat,Lucas,Ludlow,MacAlister (M'Alister),MacAillin (MacUilin),MacArthur (M'Arthur, Clan Arthur),MacArthur-Campbell,MacBane,MacBeth,MacCailen More (MacCallen Mor),MacCallum,MacCoirdhuinne,MacConachy,MacCorquodale (MacCorquhidale),MacCoshome (MacWheaskea),MacCoul Craignish (MacCuil Craignish),MacDiarmid (Sliochd Dhiarmid),MacDonald (M'Donald, Clandonald),MacDonachy,MacDougall (M'Dougall, MacDugald),MacDuibhn (O'Duibhn, O'Dwibhne, O'Dwin, MacDwine),MacEachan (M'Eachan),MacEachran,MacEwen (MacEwan, M'Ewen, M'Ewan),MacFarlan (M'Farlan),MacGillivrail,MacGilleon (MacGillean),MacGregor (M'Gregor, Clan Gregor),MacIgheil (M'Igheil),MacInlea (M'Inlea),MacInnis,MacIntosh (M'Intosh),MacIshaig (M'Isaig),MacIver (M'Iver, Clan Iver, Clan Glafry),MacKellar (M'Kellar),MacKenzie (M'Kenzie),MacKerell (M'Kerell),MacKillop,MacLachlan (M'Lachlan, M'Lauchlan),MacLaine (M'Laine),MacLean (M'Lean),MacLeod (M'Leod),MacMartin (M'Martin),MacNab (M'Nab),MacNaghten (MacNaughtan, M'Naughtan, MacNaught),MacNeill (M'Neill, M'Neil),MacNiven,MacOran,MacPhaden (M'Phaden),MacPhie,MacPherson (M'Pherson),MacRath (M'Rath, M'Rah, MacRae),MacSween,MacTavish (Clan Tavish),MacUre (M'Ure),MacVein (M'Vean),MacVrachater,Maitland,Malcolm,Mar (Marr),Marchmont,Marischal,Marlborough,Maxwell,Melville,Menteith (Monteith, Monteath),Menzies (Menzie),Methven,Mexia (Mexva),Middleton (Midletoun),Miller,Moira,Moir,Monmouth,Montague,Montgomery,Montrose,Moray (Murray),Morshead,Morton,Muir (Mure),Muir-Campbell,Muschet,Napier,Newark,Newcastle,Newman,Nisbet,Northumberland,Ochiltry,Ogilvie,Oliphant,O'Donnell (O'Donell),O'Neill (O'Neil),Orange,Orkney,Ormelie,Orr,Ossian,Paget,Palladio,Palmerston,Parker,Pasley,Pearce,Pemberton,Percy,Pershal,Perth,Peto,Pinkerton,Pitcairn,Plomer,Polwarth,Pope,Portland,Primrose,Prin (Prynne),Purves,Purves-Hume-Campbell,Queensberry,Ramsay (Ramsey),Ranieson,Rawdon,Rawdon-Hastings,Redhaugh (Redoch),Reid,Rich,Richmond,Riddell,Robertson,Robinson,Rollo,Rose,Ross,Rothes (Rothies),Roubiliac,Roxburgh,oli,Russell,Ruthven,Saltoun,Scott,Seafield,Seaforth,Seton (Seaton),Sharp,Sharman,Simson,Sinclair (St. Clair),Sitwell,Smith,Smollett,Somerville,Spottiswoode,Stair,Stanley,Stewart (Stuart),Stirling,Storrie,Strafford,Stratheden,Strathearn,Sutherland,Swinton,Taliesin (Thaleissin),Talmash (Tollemache),Tallard,Tell,Toshach (Tosoch),Townshend,Trafford,Tullibardine,Turner,Tweed,Urquhart,Uxbridge,Vibart,Villiers,Vincent,Walkenshaw,Wallace,Warburton,Warrand,Warriston (Warristoun),Warwick,Waverley,Wellington,Wemyss (Weyms, Weemys),Wesley,Whitehead,Whitelaw,Whitfield,Wigton,Williams,Winton,Wishaw,Wodrow,Wood,Wright,Wynne,Yates, and Yorke.

Parishes, Castles, Estates, Battles & Regiments Indexed (238 Locations & Units):

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Aberledmont, Abernethy, Aberuchill, Achawilline, Achindown (Achindoun, Auchindoun), Achinacraw, Achnacroise, Achnarach, Achnicre, Adderbury, Aird Craignish, Airds (Airds House), Airth, Allahabad, Allan Water, Alma, Altyre, America (United States), Anglesea, Angus (Forfarshire), Antrim, Apley, Appin, Araskeodnich, Ardbeath, Ardchattan, Ardeonaig, Ardencaple (Ardincaple), Arderie, Ardintallen, Ardintenny (Ardintiness), Ardlarich, Ardmaddy, Ardnamurchan, Ardpatrick, Ardsheal, Ardslignish, Argyllshire (Argyleshire), Arinafad, Arrochar, Asknish (Arkneish), Askomel, Atholl, Auchinbreck (Auchenbreek), Auchinellan (Achinellan), Auchingown, Auchinreglish, Auchinryre, Auchlyne, Auchmannoch, Auchmar, Auchtertyre, Audenarde (Oudenarde), Ava, Avisyard, Awe (River Awe), Ayr, Ayrshire, Baginton Hall, Balbirnie, Balcarres, Baldoning, Balerno, Ballachlavan, Ballimore, Ballinaly, Ballindoran, Ballochyle,Ballysuda,Balmoral,Baltulla,Balvie,Balquhidder (Ballewhidder),Banchory,Banff,Banffshire,Barbrec (Barbreck),Barcaldine,Barmallich,Barmore,Barnacarry,Barra (Breubhaig),Barraraikan,Barrawillin,Barrichebean (Barychebean),Barrowfield,Barrowlerie,Bellachnascringe,Bellicraig,Benderloch,Bendaskerlie,Berwick,Berwickshire,Bidassoa,Blackcastle,Blackhall,Blairnaliber,Blanfield,Blochairn,Blythswood,Bombay,Boquhan,Boston,Boulogne,Bowmore,Bragleen,Breadalbane,Brechin,Brome,Buckingham Palace,Buscot Park,Bute (Isle of Bute, Rothesay),Cadogan Terrace,Caithness,Calcutta,Calder (Cawdor Castle),Caldergrove,Calderwood,Cambuskenneth,Cambridge,Campbeltown (Campbelton),Canada (Upper Canada),Canongate,Capesthorne,Cardell,Cardigan,Carmarthenshire,Carrick,Carrick Buoy,Carsaig,Cartuther,Cashivaccan,Castle Campbell (Castle Gloom),Castle Coole,Castlemartin,Castle Sween (Castleswene),Catachan,Cessnock,Ceylon,Charleston (South Carolina),Chatham,Chin Kiang Foo,Clachan (Roseneath),Clanamackrie (Cleughnamachrie),Clifton Hall,Clunes (Clunies),Cluny,Colgrain,Coll (Isle of Coll),Combie,Conchra,Corranmore (Corvorran, Corvorranmore, Corvorranbeg),Corrieleigh,Corunna,Cowal (Cowall),Craigends,Craigforth,Craiginterve,Craignish,Craigpark,Crieff,Cromarty,Cromartyshire,Cruachan,Culloden,Cupar,Dalkeith,Dalree (Dalrigh),Danna,Delvine,Dergachy (Dregachy),Derrynaneunach,Dettingen,Dirleton,Dollar,Donegal,Drum-albin,Dublin,Duchra,Duckerwan,Dudley,Dumbarton,Dumbartonshire,Dunad,Dunbar,Dunblane (Dumblane),Duncrosk,Dundee,Duninvoran,Dunloskin,Dunnyglass,Dunollie,Dunoon (Dunoon Castle),Dunstaffnage (Dunstaffnage Castle),Duntrar,Duntroon,Dunvegan,Durren,Ederline,Edinample,Edinburgh (Edinburgh Castle, Greyfriars),Edenwood,Ellangree (Ellengree),Ellerslie,Eriska,Eton,Fairfield,Fassifern,Filkins Hall,Finglenbeg,Finglenmore,Finlarig,Finnab,Flanders,Flodden,Fontenoy,Fonda (New York),Fort William,France (Normandy),Gareloch,Garnkirk,Garraron,Gartcharran,Garth,Garscube,Gibraltar,Glendaruel (Glendarvel),Glendessary (Glendishary),Glendoick,Glendoin,Glenfalloch,Glenfeachan,Glengarry,Glenila,Glenlochy,Glenlyon,Glenmoriston,Glenorchy (Glenurchy),Glensaul,Glenshee (Glenshie),Glenshira,Glenaray (Glenary),Glencroe (Glencry),Glasgow (Glasgow University),Glasvar,Glenlivet,Goojerat,Govanhaugh,Greenock,Greenwich,Haddington,Haddingtonshire,Halnaker,Holy Loch,Inchanoch,Inchconnel (Innishchonnell),Innistreinich (Inishtrynish, Inchdrynich),Innermeath,Inveraray (Inveraray Castle),Inverawe,Inverleiver (Inverliver),Inverlochy,Invernahyle,Inverness,lona (Icolmkill),Ireland,Irvine,Islay (Ila),Jamaica,Java,Jordanhill,Jura,Kames (Kaims),Keir,Keithick (Cythaik),Kenlochaline,Kilberry,Kilbride,Kilcherran,Kilchrenan,Kilchurn Castle,Kildalloig,Killin,Killinure,Kilmarnock,Kilmartin,Kilmollrow,Kilmory,Kilmun,Kilpatrick,Kilravock,Kincardine,Kinkell,Kinpunt,Kintail,Kintraw,Kintyre (Ceantire),Kirkcaldy,Kirnan,Knapdale,Lagganlochan,Laganmore,Laggandarroch,Lamberton,Lanarkshire,Langside,Langton,Laufeldt,Lausanne,Lawers,Leckuary,Leny,Lerags,Lergachonzie (Lergychonnie),Lewis (The Lewes),Leyden,Limerick,Lismore,Loch Awe (Lochow),Lochaber,Lochavich,Lochbuy,Lochdochart,Lochearnhead,Lochend,Loch Etive,Loch Fyne,Loch Gair,Lochleven,Loch Lubnaig,Lochnell,Loch Tay,London (Westminster Abbey, Whitehall),Lorn (Lorne),Loup,Luss,Madras,Malplaquet,Malta,Mammore,Mamlorn,Manchester,Marchmont,Martinique,Mauchline,Melfort (Melford),Menin,Merse,Milford Haven,Monievaird,Monzie (Monzie Castle),Morvern (Morven),Moulin,Muckairn,Mull (Isle of Mull, Duart, Penmore),Nairn,Nairnshire,Newbattle (Newbottle),New Brunswick,Newark,New Zealand,Nova Scotia,Ormidale,Ormisary,Ostend,Otter,Oxford,Paisley,Pembrokeshire (Stackpole Court),Pennymore,Pennycastle,Perth,Perthshire,Pinkie,Port-Askaig,Port of Menteith,Portsmouth,Preston,Prince Edward Island,Purves Hall,Ramillies,Rannoch,Rappahannock River (Virginia),Raray (Rara),Rasay (Raasay),Renfrewshire,Rhodes,Roseneath,Ross-shire,Rowallan,Rudale,Saddell (Abbey of Sandal),Salamanca,San Sebastian,Sanaig,Scammadale,Schawfield (Shawfield),Scone,Seringapatam,Sheriffmuir,Shirvain,Shropshire,Skelmorlie,Skerrington,Skipness (Skipnish),Sonachan,Soroba,South Africa,Southhall,Spain,St. Andrews,St. Vincent,Stafford,Stirling,Stobhall,Stonefield,Strachur,Stracathro,Stralachlan,Strathearn,Strathfillan,Stroncharmaig,Stroniskir,Stronshiray,Strowan,Succoth,Sunart,Sutherland,Symington,Talavera,Tarbert (Tarbet),Tarifa,Taymouth (Taymouth Castle),Taynish,Tirifour,Tiree (Tyree, Tiry),Torbay,Torinturk,Torloisk (Torloish),Tournay,Travancore,Troup,Tulliallan,Tullichewan,Tullibardine,Turnham Green,Utrecht,Vimiera,Virginia,Waterloo,Weem,Wick,Wimbledon,Woodhall,Woodseat, and Worcester.