Campbell, John, The Marquis of Lorne; 9th Duke of Argyll (M)
b. 6 August 1845. d. 2 May 1914. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet, artist, politician, Governor General of Canada. Alternative signatures: “Argyll,”
“Duke of Argyll.” Born in London and raised in Inveraray Castle in Argyll. Educated
at Eton, the University of St. Andrews, and Trinity College, Cambridge. MP for Argyllshire
from 1868 to 1879. Married Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta,
on 21 March 1871. Appointed Governor General of Canada by Disraeli in 1878. He left
Canada in 1883. Helped to found the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1882. Published
*Canadian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil* (1884-1885). Other books include *V.R.I.:
Her Life and Empire* (1901), *Passages from the Past* (1909), and *Yesterday and Today
in Canada* (1910). In 1900 he became the 9th Duke of Argyll. Biographical information:
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