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John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

Led government army against Jacobites in 1715 · Politicians · Lived 1678 to 1743 · aged 64

Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich,, styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a British army officer and politician. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Siege of Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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He then went on to serve as a brigade commander during the later battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, and was subsequently given command of all British forces in Spain at the instigation of the Harley Ministry.

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Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1678 to 1743 · aged 64