Michael Eadon CAMPBELL, Captain of Dunstaffnage

Michael Eadon CAMPBELL, Captain of Dunstaffnage

Male 1919 - 1980  (61 years)


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  • Name Michael Eadon CAMPBELL 
    • Michael Eadon CAMPBELL, 21st Captain of Dunstaffnage

      Previously known as Michael Eadon BARDWELL
    Suffix Captain of Dunstaffnage 
    Birth 24 Feb 1919  Brentford, Middlesex County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 30 May 1919  East Sussex County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Coat of Arms 10 Jun 1959  Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    The Court of the Lord Lyon 
    • Blazon

      videlict: ~ Quarterly; 1st Azure, castle of three towers Argent, masoned Sable, standing upon a rock proper, doors and windows Gules, on the top of the middle tower a cock, and on the tops of each of the others an eagle, Or; 2nd, Gyronny of eight Or and Sable; 3rd, Or, a fess chequy Azure and Argent; 4th, Gules, a boar's head cabossed Or, between a crescent and a spur-rowel in fess Argent. Above the Shield is placed an helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Azure doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of Liveries is set for Crest an anchor in pale reversed Azure, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto ~ VIGILANDO Behind the Shield are placed, as insignia for the heritable offices of Captain of Dunstaffnage and of Mamycht of His Grace the Duke and Earl of Argyll, respectively, a key, wards inwards and having three fleur-de-lys within the handle all Or, and a baton Argent, garnished Sable, ensigned iwth the circlet of a Duke's Coronet Or, and thereon a lymphad Sable, sails furled, flags and pennants flying, and oars in action proper; in saltire, the same being limited to the Petitioner and his successors in the said heritable offices. On a compartment below the Shield, along with the sun rising proper and this Motto ~ QUA PANDITUR ORBIS are set for Supporters two unicorns Argent, horned Or, each gorged with an antique crown and thereto offixed a chain of the last reflexed over the back: AND for Badges, 1st, a highlander attired in a quilted shirt, the right knee flexed, in guarding posture and holding an antique musket all proper; 2nd, upon a chapeaux Gules doubled Ermines a soldier to the waist in armour brandishing a sword in his dexter hand and bearing on his left arm a shield Azure charged with a unicorn's head coupled Argent, which are depicted, along with the Crest and its Motto, upon a Standard four yards in length having the Petitioner's arms in the hoist, of these Liveries, Argent, Azure, Argent and Azure in four tracts with the Motto ~ QUID NO PRO PATRIA in letters Sable upon two transverse bands OR, and for his galley-pavon or streamer Or, four yards in length, having in the hoise, in a first section, Azure, a Saint Andrew's Cross Argent; (and in a second section, the quarters 1 & 2 of Campbell of Dunstaffnage) is writ the word VIGILANDO in letters Sable.
    • Previous matriculations: 1st) 23 February 1836; Vol. 3, folio 9: Donald Campbell of Dunstaffnage; 2nd) 8 July 1889; Vol. 12, folio 21: Alexander James Henry Campbell of Dunstaffnage.
    Death 4 Dec 1980  Connel, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    Dunstaffnage House 

    • Death announcement
      Scotsman
      8 December 1980
      p. 20a

      CAMPBELL of DUNSTAFFNAGE
      - On December 4, 1980, at home, Michael Eadon, the 21st hereditary captain of Dunstaffnage, D.L., beloved husband of Sarah, father of Feona and Michael, grandfather of Caroline. Funeral private. Memorial service at St Oran's Church, Connel, on Friday, December 12, at 2:30 p.m. Family flowers only, donations, if desired, to Cancer Research.
    Burial 12 Dec 1980  Connel, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • St Oran's Church
    Person ID I83  Clan Campbell Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2025 

    Father Talton Botfield BARDWELL 
    Mother Mary Margaret CAMPBELL 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Kathleen Weddell Winspear LUNDON 
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2025 

    Family 2 Sarah RAMSAY 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1976  Dover, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2025 

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    Coat of Arms: Michael Eadon CAMPBELL, Captain of Dunstaffnage
    Coat of Arms: Michael Eadon CAMPBELL, Captain of Dunstaffnage
    Lord Lyon King of Arms. Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. CAMPBELL, Michael Eadon, Captain of Dunstaffnage (formerly Michael Eadon Bardwell). 10 Jun 1959. Vol. 43. folio 26-29. Collection: Legal records: Coats of arms. www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 30 November 2023.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Births index (CR) England, 1st Qtr., 1919, Vol. 3a. p. 205.
      Brentford, Middlesex County. BARDWEll, Michael E.

    2. [S18] Baptisms (PR) England, 30 May 1919, p. 31. no. 245.
      St Peter Eastbourne, Sussex County. BARDWELL, Michael Eadon.

    3. [S20] Lord Lyon King of Arms, Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland., 10 Jun 1959, Vol. 43. folio 26-29.
      CAMPBELL, Michael Eadon, Captain of Dunstaffnage (formerly Michael Eadon Bardwell).

    4. [S21] Scotsman, 8 Dec 1980, p. 20a.
      Death announcement. CAMPBELL, Michael Eadon, Captain of Dunstaffnage.

    5. [S19] Arbroath (Angus) Herald, 5 Nov 1976, p. 18b.
      Marriage announcement. CAMPBELL, Michael Eadon, Captain of Dunstaffnage and ANTICE, Mrs Sarah.