The Campbells of Strachur, also known as the MacArthur Campbells of Strachur, may be the oldest branch of the
Clan Campbell
Clan Campbell ( ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The chief of the clan be ...
. The family traces its descent from Sir Arthur Campbell, who is said to have been a son of Duncan Dubh, who in turn may have been an elder brother of
Gilleasbaig, who was in turn the father of the patrilineal-ancestor of the
chiefs of Clan Campbell. The heads of the Strachur family were known in Gaelic as ''Mac Artairr'', "son of Arthur", in reference to their alleged ancestry. The head of the family bears the Gaelic title ''MacArtair Strachuirr''.
Chiefs of Clan Campbell
The historian
William Forbes Skene
William Forbes Skene Writer to the Signet, WS FRSE Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, FSA(Scot) Doctor of Civil Law, DCL Legum Doctor, LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scotland, Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary.
He co-found ...
, who maintained that the Strachur family of Campbells were ancestors of the
chiefs of Clan Campbell, writes:
See also
*
Clan Arthur, the MacArthers of Terivadich are commonly confused with the Campbells of Strachur
*
John Campbell, of Strachur
References
External links
* http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/campbel-a.html
* http://www.ccsna.org/
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Clan Campbell
Scottish families
Clan Campbell branches
Strachur