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Archibald Campbell (2nd Earl of Argyll)
? - 1513
The son of Coli n Campbell, 1st Earl, he became Lord High Chancellor of
Scotland (1483), gove rnor of Tarbert Castle, Lieutenant-General in Argyll
and the Isles (1500) and Heritable Sheriff of the south-west (1509).
Through these positions his clan rose to a position of supremacy,
equalled only by the Gordons in the north. He fell at Flodden Field
(1513) with his king, James IV (1473 - 1513). His yo unger son gave rise
to the Earls of Cawdor.