Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll.

Education

LL.D. 8.11.1851.

Chancellor, St Andrews University 1851 - 24.4.1900.

Birth/childhood

Born 30.4.1823 son of John Douglas Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll and Joan Glassel.

Career

Chancellor, St Andrews University 1851 - 24.4.1900.

Lord Privy Seal 1852 -1855, 1859 -1866, 1880 - 1881. Postmaster General 1855 - 1858. Secretary of State for India 1868 - 1874.

8th Duke of Argyll

Publications on law and political economy.

The Reign of Law (New York: Alden, 1884)

The Eastern Question. Vol. 1. & Vol. 2. (London: Strahan, [1879])

etc.

Death

Died 24.4.1900.

Sources

  • DNB
  • Scots Peerage