Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck, 5th Baronet (1679 – 14 October 1756) was a Scottish Jacobite politician and landowner. He was

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for the Highlands between 1701 and 1711, and

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for

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between 1703 and 1707. Considered a prominent

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laird, the fortune of the Campbells of Auchinbreck had however deteriorated since 1685.

Biography

Sir James Campbell was the son of Sir Duncan Campbell, 4th Baronet (died c. 1700) and Lady Henrietta Lindsay, daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres.Cokayne, G.E. (1900). ''The Complete Baronetage''. Vol. 2. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983). p. 340. His grandmother Lady Anna Mackenzie, governess to

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, married his grandfather Lord Balneil and then remarried

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.Rosalind K. Marshall, 'Mackenzie, Anna , countess of Balcarres and countess of Argyll (c.1621–1707)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 200
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/ref> He was educated at the

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(1695). The progenitor of the Campbells of Auchinbreck

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was made a

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in 1627. The Auchinbreck Campbells descend from Dugald Campbell of Kilmichael (fl. 15th century), a son of

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, who received a large charter for the lands of Auchinbreck in 1452. The Campbells of Auchinbreck, regarded as among the most considerable branches of

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, were one of the very few Campbell branches to support the Jacobite cause. In 1700 he succeeded his father to the Campbell baronetcy, of Auchinbreck (Nova Scotia) and as the

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of Auchinbreck. He was

for the Highlands between 1701 and 1711. He was

for

between 1703 and 1707. He was a Burgess of Edinburgh and of

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. As a prominent

laird, his support to the Jacobite cause was significant in the West Highlands. He was a Jacobite conspirator since 1715, as he felt that the

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had neglected his family during the course of their misfortunes. Restoring the Stuart monarchs also provided Auchinbreck with opportunity to regain wealth and prominence which was not otherwise attainable. During the

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Auchinbreck, who considered himself too elderly too participate in the rebellion, was arrested and imprisoned at

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. He was later released and was not among those executed for treason. Auchinbreck was attainted and his large Argyll estates were confiscated nonetheless. Forced to live off of sparse Jacobite remittances, he died on 14 October 1756 at Lochgair.

Family

Sir James was married three times and had 17 children. He married firstly Margaret Campbell, the daughter of Campbell of Carradale. He married secondly Janet MacLeod, the daughter of Iain Breac MacLeod of MacLeod, 18th Chief of

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. He married thirdly, his 'cousin', Susanna Campbell, the daughter of

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. His daughter Anne was married to

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, Chief of

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, popularly known as the 'Gentle Lochiel', who played an important role in the '45. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Sir James Campbell, 6th Baronet (1721–1814), who was the only son of Duncan Campbell (his eldest son by Janet MacLeod). Following the death of his grandson in 1814, the baronetcy became extinct.

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