George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), 8th Duke of Argyll, Scottish Whig politician and scientist. Artist: Unknown


George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), 8th Duke of Argyll, Scottish Whig politician and scientist. Campbell was Secretary of State for India from 1868-1874. A geologist, he supported the cataclysmic school of geology rather than uniformitarianism. He was also an opponent of the theories of Darwin. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson.


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