Ian Douglas CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyll

1903 - 1973  (69 years)

• Name	Ian Douglas CAMPBELL
  	Ian Douglas CAMPBELL, 11th Duke of Argyll (S) and 4th Duke of Argyll (UK)
  Suffix	Duke of Argyll
  Birth	18 Jun 1903	Farnham, Surrey County, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	7 Apr 1973	United Kingdom   [2]
  	Peer of the Realm
  Residence	7 Apr 1973	Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland   [2]
  	Inveraray Castle
  Death	7 Apr 1973	Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland   [2]
  	Cause: I(a) Bronchopneumonia; (b) Cerebral arteriosclerosis
  	Address: 19 Drumsheugh Gardens
  	Deaths (CR) Haymarket, Edinburgh 730/ 301 Ian Douglas CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyll Peer of the Realm born: 18 June 1903, 69 years married: (1) Hon. Janet AITKEN (2) Louise CLEWS (3) Margaret WHIGHAM (4) Matilda Coster MORTIMER or HELLER 7 April 1973 5:30 hrs 19 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh Usual Res.: Inveray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll fa: Douglas Walker CAMPBELL, army captain, (deceased) mo: Amy CAMPBELL, MS LAWRENCE, (deceased) Cause: I(a) Bronchopneumonia; (b) Cerebral arteriosclerosis Informant: [?]von C. HELLER, step-son, 44 av. de Morges, Lausanne, Switzerland Registered: 1973 April 9 [2]
  Person ID	I18	Clan Campbell Genealogy | Campbells of Argyll
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Douglas Walter CAMPBELL,   b. 6 Mar 1877, London, England d. 5 Jan 1926, Montana, Valais, Switzerland (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Aimée Marie Suzanne Thérèse LaFarge LAWRENCE,   b. 3 Oct 1873, New York City, New York, USA d. 9 Feb 1920, Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York County, New York, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1899	16e Arrondissement, Paris, Republic of France   [4]
  	I EDWIN COURTNEY WALKER of the City of London Notary Public duly admitted and sworn DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the Typewritten Paper hereunto annexed marked "A" contains a true and faithful translation from the French languge of the original document hereunto also annexed marked "B" whereof it purports to contain a translation. In WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at LONDON this twenty fourth day of February one thousand nine hundred and ten. (signed) Quvol vide E. Courtney Walker, Not. Pub. (A) (Translated from the French Language) (French stamp) 997 CAMPBELL & LAWRENCE PREFECTURE of the DEPARTMENT OF THE SEINE EXTRACT from the Minutes of Acts of Marriage of the 16th Arrondissement of Paris YEAR 1899 The year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine on the twenty seventy of November, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Act of Marriage of DOUGLAS WALTER CAMPBELL, born in London on the sixth of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, proprietor, domiciled in Paris, 4 Rue de Presbourg, son of full age of Walter Campbell and Olivia Rowlandson Milns, husband and wife both deceased. The Bridegroom of English nationality provided with a Certificate of Custome from which it appears that he is qualified to contract marriage without the consent of his ascendants, of the one part; AND of AIMEE MARIE SUSAN THERESA LAFARGE LAWRENCE, born at New York (United States of America) on the third of October one thousand eight hundred and seventy three, without profession, domiciled with her mother in Paris 4 Rue de Presbourg, daughter of full age of John Lawrence, deceased, and of Emily Mary Agnes Lafarge, his widow, without profession; the Bride a Citizen of the United States of America provided with a Certificate of Custome by which it appears that she is qualified to contract marriage without the consent of her ascendants, of the other part. DRAWN UP by us Edgard Berthemet, Deputy Mayor, Officer of the Civil State of the Sixteenth Arrondissement of Paris, who have publicly proceeded, in the Mayoralty, to the celebration of marriage in the following manner: After having read to the parties: 1st Their Acts of Birth: 2nd Certificates of Custome above mentioned: 3rd Acts of Publication made in this Mayoralty on Sundays the twelfth and nineteenth of November instand, without opposition, all the documents before mentioned being duly paraphed and annexed: 4th Chapter Six of the First Book of the Civil Code (Chapter on Marriage) as to the respective rights and duties of the husband and wife - After having questioned the furture husband and wife who to us declared that a Contract of Marriage has been made before the Consul General of the United States in France, We asked them if they wished to take each the other for husband and wife, each of them replied in the affirmative and separately in a loud voice, We pronounced, in the name of the Law that Douglas Walter Campbell and Aimee Marie Susan Theresa Lafarge Lawrence are united in marriage. In the presence of Henry Austin Lee, aged fifty years, Secretary of Embassy, domiciled in Paris, 39 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Neville Dawson, aged twenty one years, Stockbroker, comiciled in London (England), General Horace Porter, Ambassador for the United States in France, domiciled in Paris, 58 Avenue Kleber, Auguste Count de la Barre de Nanteuil, aged sixty two years, proprietor, domiciled at Chateau Rechort (Finistere), Witnesses who have signed with the husband and wife and us after reading. - Signed: Douglas Walter Campbell, Neville Dawson, Henry Austin Lee, Aimee Lawrence, Horace Porter, Comte de la Barre de Nanteuil, E. Berthemet. Granted by the Registrar of the Civil Tribunal of First Instance of the Department of the Seine. At the Registry sitting at the Palace of Justice at Parish the twenty second of February one thousand nine hundred and ten. (Seal of the Registry of the Tribunal of 1st Instance of the Seine Civil State) Seen by us Mr. Hibon, Judge, for legalization of the signature of Mr. Garcement Registrar in the absence of the President of the Tribunal of First Instance of the Seine. Paris the 22nd February 1910. G. Hibon (Seal of the Tribunal of 1st instance of the Seine) [3]
  Separation (judicial)	20 Oct 1909	London, England   [3]
  	High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
  Divorced filed	26 Oct 1909	London, England   [3]
  	High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
  	In the High Court of Justice Probate Divorce & Admiralty Division (Divorce) To the Right Honourable The President of the said Division Dated the 14th day of October The Petition of Aimée Marie Susan Theresa LaFarge Campbell of 41, Avenue d Jena Paris in the Republic of France Showeth: - 1. That your Petitioner (then Aimée Marie Susan Theresa LaFarge Lawrence - Spinster) was on the 27th of November, 1899, lawfully married to Douglas Walter Campbell at the Mairie of the 16th Arrondisssement Paris in the said Republic of France. 2. That afterher said marriage your Petitioner lived and cohabited with her said husband at Dresden in the Empire of Germany, at Cannes in the said Republic of France, at No. 64, South Audley Street in the County of London and at No. 33 avenue d'Antin, Paris, in the said Republic of France and that your Petitioner and her said husband have had issue of their said marriage one child to wit John or Ian Douglas Campbell who was born on the 18th day of June 1903. 3. That your Petitioner resides at 41 Avenue, d'Iena, Paris in the said Republic of France and that the said Douglas Walter Campbell resides at the Hotel des Etrangers 37, Gerrard Street in the said County of London and is of no occupation and that both your Petitioner and the said Douglas Walter Campbell are domiciled in England. 4. That on the 7th day of January 1909 and on other days between that date and the 4th day of October 1909, the said Douglas Walter Campbell committed adultery with Miss Sybil Job at the Hotel des Etrangers, 37, Gerrard Street in the said County of London. 5. That since the said marriage the said Douglas Walter Campbell has on divers occasions the dates of which are unknown to your Petitioner committed adultery with divers women. 6. That noprevious proceedings in reference to the said marriage have taken place in the Divorce Division of the High Court by or on behalf of either party to the said marriage. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays That your Lordship will be pleased to decree that your Petitioner may be judicially separated from the said Douglas Walter Campbell and that she may have the custody of the said John or Ian Dougals Campbell and that your Petitioner may have such further and other relief as to your Lordship may seem meet. (Signed) A.M.S.T.L. Campbell [3]
  Divorce	18 May 1910	London, England   [3]
  	Address: High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Honourable Janet Gladys AITKEN,   b. 9 Jul 1908, Halifax, New Brunswick County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 Nov 1988, Surrey South Western, Surrey County, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1927	Chelsea, London, England   [5, 6, 7]
  Divorce	30 May 1934	London, England   [6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Lady Jeanne Louise CAMPBELL,   b. 10 Dec 1928, Kingston, Surrey County, England d. 4 Jun 2007, New York, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Louise Hollingsworth Morris CLEWS,   b. 27 Nov 1904, 16e Arrondissement, Paris, Republic of France d. 10 Feb 1970, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1935	London, England   [7, 9]
  Divorce	10 Mar 1951	Edinburgh, Scotland   [7]
  	Address: Court of Session
  	Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser 17 March 1951 p. 17c Duke of Argyll Divorced: Duchess granted custody of two children. Louise Clews or Vanneck or Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Kittern, Biarritz Basses, Pyrenees, France, was on Saturday granted a decree of divorce by Lord Sorn in the Court of Session against Ian Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll of Inveraray Castle, Argyll, on the ground of adultery. The Duchess, who gave evidence, was granted custody of the two children of the marriage, Ian, Marquis of Lorne (13), and Lord Colin Henry Campbell (4). They were married in London in 1935. The Duke's first marriage in 1927 to the Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken, daughter of Lord Beaverbrook, was dissolved in 1934. The engagement will be announced this week of the Duke of Argyll and Mrs Margaret Sweeny, it was stated by the Duke's secretary at Inveraray Castle. The wedding, she said, would probably take place before Easter. The Duke is 47, and Mrs. Sweeny is 38. Her marriage to Mr Charles Sweeny, the American golfer, was dissolved in 1947. Before her wedding she was Miss Margaret Whigham. [7]
  Children	+ 1. Ian CAMPBELL, Duke of Argyll,   b. 28 Aug 1937, Ham, Surrey County, England d. 21 Apr 2001, London, England (Age 63 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Ethel Margaret WHIGHAM, Duchess of Argyll,   b. 1 Dec 1912, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 25 Jul 1993, Pimlico, London, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 Mar 1951	Westminster, London, England   [10, 11, 12]
  	Address: Caxton House Register Office
  	Dundee Courier 23 March 1951 p. 3b Duke of Argyll Weds Famous Beauty The Duke of Argyll was married to Mrs Margaret Sweeny at Caxton Hall Register Office, Westminster, yesterday. Mrs Sweeny is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hay Whigham. Her marriage to Mr Charles Sweeny, well-known U.S. amateur golfer, was dissolved in 1947. The Duke's second wife, Louise, Duchess of Argyll, was granted a decree of divorce in Edinburgh on March 10. A small boy wearing a long-trousered suit of navy blue stood in the vestibule of the register office, excitedly counting the cameramen's flashlights. "Twelve, thirteen, fourteen," he said and turning to his sister, Frances, remarked in a loud whisper, "Fourteen flashes - I say, Frances, Mom's very popular." He was Bryan Sweeny, who was attending his mother's wedding. Mrs. Sweeny was described in 1931 as "the most beautiful debutante since the war." The room where the ceremony took place was decorated with rhododendrons, tulips and lilac. About a dozen guests attended the ceremony, which was conducted by Mr J.D. Holiday, the superintendent registrar. It was the 15th wedding to take place at Caxton Hall yesterday. The crowd rushed forward to see the bride. She wore a gown of grey check chiffon beneath a grey fox-fur cape. Her close-fitting hat of lime-green feathers, specially designed in Paris, was sent to the florist's so that her bouquet of green orchids could be matched exactly. The Duke wore a dark blue lounge suit with a white carnation in his buttonhole. A reception was held at the bride's home in Grosvenor Street, which was decorated with daffodils from Inveraray Castle, the Duke's ancestral home. Afterwards, the Duke and Duchess left for the castle, where they will spend part of their honeymoon. [10]
  Divorce	1963	Scotland   [11]
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 4	Mathilda Coster MORTIMER, Duchess of Argyll,   b. 20 Aug 1925, Geneva, Switzerland d. 6 Jun 1997, Paris, Republic of France (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1963	Horsham, Sussex County, England   [13, 14, 15]
  Children	1. Lady Elizabeth CAMPBELL,   b. 29 Apr 1967, Glasgow, Scotland d. 4 May 1967, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (1903-1973), Chief of Clan Campbell Bromide print. 1953. Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), photographer. NPG x163651. Photograph Collection. National Portrait Gallery, London. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

  
  

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• Notes

  Sunday (London) Express 17 October 1965 p. 1c. Duke wants to sell but sons say ‘No’ The Duke of Argyll’s two young sons are opposing him in a petition to the Court of Session for permission to sell part of the family estates. The sons are Ian Campbell the Marquis of Lorne, 17, and eight-year-old Lord Colin Ivar Campbell. Their address is 79, East 79th -street, New York. They live with their mother (the former Duchess of Argyll) Mrs. Louise Timpson. Her marriage to the duke was dissolved in March 1951. Now the duke and three fellow trustees of the previous duke’s settlement say that the only practicable method of running the estate and meeting obligations is by selling some of the property. [16]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Births index (CR) England, 3rd Qtr., 1903., Vol. 2a. p. 133. Farnham, Surrey County. CAMPBELL, Ian Douglas. [S32] Deaths (CR) Scotland, 7 Apr 1973, 730/ 301. Haymarket, Edinburgh. CAMPBELL, Ian Douglas. [S47] Divorce records (England), 18 March 1910., No. 46. High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, London. CAMPBELL, Douglas Walter and CAMPBELL, Aimée Marie Susan Theresa Lafarge. [S46] Marriages (CR) France, 27 Nov 1899, Entry No. 997. 16e Arrondissement, Paris. CAMPBELL, Douglas Walter and LAWRENCE, Aimée Marie Susan Theresa Lafarge. [S9] Marriages index (CR) England, 4th Qtr., 1927., Vol. 1a. p. 988. Chelsea, London. CAMPBELL, Ian D. and AITKEN, Janet G. [S26] Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov 1988, p. 27a-b. Obituaries. KIDD, Janet. [S37] Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser, 17 Mar 1951, p. 5c. Duke of Argyll Divorced: Duchess granted custody of two children. [S13] Evening (Birmingham) Dispatch, 30 May 1934, p. 1e. Lord Beaverbrook’s Daughter. [S9] Marriages index (CR) England, 4th Qtr., 1935, Vol. 1a. p. 1214. Westminster, Middlesex County. CAMPBELL, Ian D. and VANNECK, Louise. [S37] Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser, 23 Mar 1951, p. 3b. Marriage announcements. ARGYLL, Duke of and SWEENY, Mrs. Margaret. [S8] Publications, p. 142. Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001) Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain: The Kingdom in Scotland. 19th edition. Volume 1. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage and Gentry. [S9] Marriages index (CR) England, 1st Qtr., 1951, Vol. 5c. p. 925. Westminster, Middlesex County, London. CAMPBELL, Ian Douglas, Duke of Argyll and SWEENY or WHIGHAM, Ethel Margaret. [S9] Marriages index (CR) England, 2nd Qtr., 1963., Vol. 5d. p. 853. Horsham, Sussex County. CAMPBELL, Ian D., Duke of Argyll and MORTIMER, Mathilda C. [S24] The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 9 Jun 1997, p. 9a. Associated Press. American-descended duchess dies. [S113] Dewar, Peter Beauclerk, Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain: The Kingdom in Scotland. 19th edition. Volume 1, ((2001) Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage and Gentry), p. 142. [S25] Sunday (London) Express, 17 Oct 1954, p. 1c. Duke wants to sell but sons say 'no'.