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Daniel Campbell (died 1753)

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daughter." "Daniel the Younger inherited the Islay estates from his grandfather in 1753, when he was just 16 years old and legally a minor. Daniel was laird until his death in 1777." "The Round Church, Bowmore 1767/68 was built as part of Daniel Campbell's new village at Bowmore." "When Daniel the Younger died aged forty, in 1777 his brother Walter inherited the island and continued the process of integration with the mainland and their improvements, begun by great Daniel. The family as a whole worked indefatigably for improvements in education, religion, agriculture, industry and administration."
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Campbell was the eldest son of Walter Campbell of Skipnish, and was born about 1671. In many books of reference he is stated to have been born in 1696 and to have died in 1777, the former date being that of his son John Campbell's birth, and the latter that of his grandson Daniel Campbell's death.
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Campbell died on 8 June 1753, aged 82. "By his first marriage to Margaret Leckie (the daughter of John Leckie of Newlands) he had three sons and three daughters. His sons all died before him. After Margaret's death in 1711 he married Katherine Erskine in 1714, herself a widow, and had another
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Campbell died on 8 June 1753, aged 82. By his first marriage to Margaret Leckie (the daughter of John Leckie of Newlands) he had three sons and three daughters, and by his second to Catherine Denham one daughter. On his death, having been pre-deceased by his eldest son, he was succeeded by his
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tax in Scotland, and on this account the mob, after taking possession of the city and preventing the officers of excise from collecting it, proceeded to the Shawfield mansion and completely demolished the interior. The
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and magistrates were arrested on the ground of having favoured the mob, and Campbell received £9,000 from the city as compensation for the damages caused by the riot. Soon afterwards he purchased the island of
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Wallace, Valerie (April 2010). "Presbyterian Moral Economy: The Covenanting Tradition and Popular Protest in Lowland Scotland, 1707–c. 1746".
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from 1716 to 1734. In 1711 he built, for his town residence in Glasgow, Shawfield mansion, which became famous in connection with the
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Kilarrow Series (6) THE CAMPBELL HERITAGE by the Rev. J.A. Trevorrow, Former Minister, Kilarrow & Kilmeny parishes, Islay
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from 1716 to 1734. He was nicknamed "Great Daniel" due to his weight and personal fortune.
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A letter from a gentleman in Glasgow, to his friend in the country, concerning the late
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grandson, Daniel Campbell of Shawfield and Islay (c 1737–1777). Another grandson was
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A Very Canny Scot: 'Great' Daniel Campbell of Shawfield and Islay 1670-1753
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was written by Joanna Hill and Nicholas Bastin, and published in 2007.
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
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Index

British House of Commons
Clyde Burghs
New England
Shawfield
Rutherglen
Holytown
Duke of Argyll
Inverary
Scottish parliament
union
Parliament of Great Britain
Glasgow burghs
Shawfield riots

tumults
malt
provost
Islay
Walter Campbell of Shawfield
ASIN
0955622816
doi
10.3366/shr.2010.0003
JSTOR
27867608
public domain
Campbell, Daniel (1671?-1753)
Dictionary of National Biography
Parliament of Great Britain
Thomas Smith

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