Hew_Campbell_of_Loudon

Hew Campbell of Loudon

Hew Campbell of Loudon

Scottish landowner

Hew Campbell of Loudon (died 1561) was a Scottish landowner.

He was a son of Hugh Campbell of Loudon and Isobel Wallace.

Campbell was Sheriff of Ayr. His first name is sometimes spelled "Hugh" or "Huw". He signed his name "Hew Campbell".[1]

Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Brigte Mac Cinnéide) was murdered at Prestwick by followers of Hew Campbell in August 1527, over a quarrel about the lands of Turnberry.[2] The Gaelic song 'Òran Bagraidh' may relate to this event.[3]

Marriage and family

Campbell married Elizabeth Stewart, a daughter of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Hamilton.[4]

He married secondly, Agnes Drummond, a daughter of John Drummond of Innerpeffray and Margaret Stewart.[4]

His children included:

  • Matthew Campbell of Loudon[4]
  • Margaret Campbell, who married Alexander Nisbet of Bankhead[4]

After his death, his widow Agnes Drummond, married Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, and subsequently, Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond.

References

  1. [1]
    Annie Cameron, Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine (SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), p. 322.
  2. [2]
    Ken Emond, The Minority of James V (Edinburgh, 2019), pp. 253-254.
  3. [3]
    Black, Ronald, "The Gaelic Literature of Galloway: 'Òran Bagraidh' and Willie Matheson", in Ansell, Michael, Black, Ronald, & Cowan, Edward J. (eds.) (2022), Galloway: The Lost Province of Gaelic Scotland, Dewar Publishers Limited, pp. 225 - 264, ISBN 9781399926928
  4. [4]
    Paul, James Balfour (1904–1914). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. p. 5:496. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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