. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . nts, while their users were themselves almostout of range. Two menof the Black Watchfought with these pikesbefore George II., in1741 ; but the bladesmust surely have beenwell covered. For an old Scottishharp one looks in vain ;which is a pity. Forthe Campbells werefamous for their harp-ers, one of whom ac-companied the firstEarl, to animate histroops. Indeed, one ofthe noted harps of Ludecame from Argyllshire,through the daughter of the Laird of Lamont, who married intothe family of Lude. In the Saloon adjoining, the pictures will give s
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . nts, while their users were themselves almostout of range. Two menof the Black Watchfought with these pikesbefore George II., in1741 ; but the bladesmust surely have beenwell covered. For an old Scottishharp one looks in vain ;which is a pity. Forthe Campbells werefamous for their harp-ers, one of whom ac-companied the firstEarl, to animate histroops. Indeed, one ofthe noted harps of Ludecame from Argyllshire,through the daughter of the Laird of Lamont, who married intothe family of Lude. In the Saloon adjoining, the pictures will give some glimpsesof family history. Taken chronologically, the following are ob-served : The Marquis of Argyll (King Campbell), who usedhis vast authority wholly in the cause of religious and civil free-dom. He could muster five thousand claymores taken from hisown clan, and was largely engaged in all Scottish affairs, both inthe field and at Edinburgh, from 1626 till the Restoration. Suffer-ing heavily at his hands, he lived to be instrumental in effecting. ARMS IN THE HALL 2>2o flnverarap the execution of the gallant Montrose (1650), but only to lose hisown head eleven years later. John, second Duke, of Argyll and Greenwich — Red Johnthe warrior—the States whole thunder born to wield ; thanwhom, says Scott, few men deserve more honourable served under Marlborough with considerable distinction. Onthe death of Queen Anne he frustrated, along with Somerset andShrewsbury, the plot for the accession of the Pretender. His lastengagement was against the Jacobite army which was under theEarl of Mar, at Sheriffmuir, when, in consequence of the battlebeing drawn, he is reported to have exclaimed,— If it was not weel bobbit. weel bobbit, weel bobbit,If it was not weel bobbit, we 11 bob it again ; after which, in princely retirement, he may have planted some ofthe trees that are still standing. A contemporary of this Duke, ifnot related to him, was John, Earl of Crawford,
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