Sir Colin Campbell, 2nd Baronet of Glenorchy (c.1577–1640) was a Scottish nobleman, 8th Laird of Glenorchy, known as a patron of the arts. Earl and Marquess of Breadalbane arms

Biography

He was the son of

Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), various people * Clan Duncan * Justice Duncan (disambiguation) Places * Duncan Creek (disambiguation) * Duncan River (disambiguation) * Duncan Lake ...

and Lady Jane Stewart, a daughter of

John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl (died 25 April 1579), called the Fair, was a Scottish nobleman and courtier. He was favoured by Mary, Queen of Scots, but later turned against her. Biography Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Ath ...

and

Margaret Fleming Margaret Fleming may refer to: * Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl (1536–1586), Scottish courtier, lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots, alleged witch and granddaughter of James IV * Margaret Fleming (1888–1977), co-owner of the Guy and M ...

. Duncan was the 7th Laird of Glenorchy, and his shrewd, ruthless dealings as "Black Duncan" had capped a spectacular rise in the family fortunes to national prominence in Scotland. He was knighted at the coronation of Anne of Denmark on 17 May 1590, and later acquired a Nova Scotia baronetcy.Electric Scotland
/ref> Colin Campbell was a man of general culture, and devoted much effort rebuilding and decorating

Balloch Castle Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th cen ...

. He employed a German artist and

George Jamesone George Jamesone (or Jameson) (c. 1587 – 1644) was a Scottish painter who is regarded as Scotland's first eminent portrait-painter. Early years He was born in Aberdeen, where his father, Andrew Jamesone, was a stonemason. His mother was Marj ...

to paint a series of portraits for it.John Willock, ''A Scots earl in Covenanting times; being life and times of Archibald, 9th earl of Argyll'' (Edinburgh, 1907)
/ref> The German artist painted male ancestors, and Jamesone made a series of ''Ladies of Glenorchy'', eight portraits of wives of lairds. He also improved Barcaldine Castle. He married Juliana Campbell, daughter of Hugh Campbell of Loudoun and Margaret Gordon. Childless, they fostered

Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell may refer to: Peerage * Archibald Campbell of Lochawe (died before 1394), Scottish peer * Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died 1513), Lord Chancellor of Scotland * Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll (c. 1507–1558) ...

(later 9th Earl of Argyll). This fostering repeated in the next generation that of Archibald's father

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (March 160727 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The ''de facto'' head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the Wars of the Three K ...

, who became Clan Campbell's head, and had been happily fostered (a custom of the period, but also with political ramifications within the clan) by Duncan Campbell.Janay Nugent, 'Your louing childe and foster: the fostering of Archie Campbell of Argyll' in Nugent and Ewan, ''Children and youth in premodern Scotland'' (Boydell & Brewer, 2015), p. 47. His titles and estate passed on his death to his brother

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

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External links

Account of Campbell and Jamesone, by Horace WalpoleCampbell of Glenorchy family tree by Jamesone
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Colin 1570s births 1640 deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia 16th-century Scottish landowners 17th-century Scottish landowners