James Campbell, Earl of Loudoun

JAMES CAMPBELL, EARL OF LOUOUN

James Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, is the son of John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun and his wife Margaret Campbell, Baroness of Loudoun. The Scots Peerage, V, p. 507

Death

According to Sir James Balfour Paul, the Earl of Louden, died at Leyden in 1684. The Scots Peerage, V, p. 507 This is followed by Darryl Lundy His date of death is reported as 29 October 1684 by Find A Grave

Marriage

James, Earl of Loudoun., married Margaret Monrgomerie. According to Sir James Balfour Paul, they were married after 25 November 1666 "when she accepted him".The Scots Peerage, V, p. 507

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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5 September [16]66: Letter from the Earl of Loudoun to Lady Margaret Montgomerie. 'The continuance of my misfortune in not being yett in a conditione to wait upon your ladyship is beyond expression vexing..' Dated [16]66. [Miscellaneous papers formerly belonging to Mrs. Drummond Forbes, Millearne, Auchterarder. Documents contained in folder marked 'Old letters and papers and copies of old letters for Charles H. Drummond'] National Records of Scotland, Earl of Angus documents, literary letters, reference GD1/479/4

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13 March 1673: Extract Disposition by James, Earl of Loudoun, to John Clarke [Clerk] of Penniecooke [Penicuik], of the annuity due to the King from the teinds of lands and barony of Penniecooke and others. National Records of Scotland, Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian, reference GD18/625

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25 February 1674: Extract Disposition by James Earl of Loudoun to Thomas Forbes of Knockquharn, of all annuities of teinds due to his late Majesty from his lands of Knockquharn, Finnercies and Monecht; (Loudon's father having had a commission from the King to sell). National Records of Scotland, Viscount Cowdray (Dunecht papers), reference GD42/E/60

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25 May 1695: Receipt by Hugh, Earl of Loudoun, to Jean, Dowager Countess of Panmure, for two bonds by deceased James, Earl of Loudoun. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Maule Family, Earls of Dalhousie, reference GD45/17/723

Genealogy published by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, d. 1684l James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun was the son of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun and Margaret Campbell, 2nd Baroness Campbell of Loudoun.1 He married Lady Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton and Lady Mary Leslie, after 25 November 1666.2 He died in 1684 at The Netherlands. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Campbell of Loudoun [S., 1601] on 15 March 1661/62 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline [S., 1633] on 15 March 1661/62.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Loudoun [S., 1633] on 15 March 1661/62 Children of James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun and Lady Margaret Montgomerie 1.Lady Margaret Campbell d. May 1747 2.Lady Eleanor Campbell 3.Sir James Campbell d. 30 Apr 1745 4.Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun d. 20 Nov 1731 5.Colonel John Campbell 6.Lady Jane Campbell

Genealogy Published by Find A Grave

James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun. BIRTH: 1630 -East Ayrshire, Scotland. DEATH: 29 Oct 1684 (aged 53–54) - Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. BURIAL- English and Scottish Church in Leiden (Defunct), Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. MEMORIAL ID - 228225801 Find A Grave

Biographical Summary

2nd Earl of Loudoun, interred 3 Nov 1684, a Protestant in exile in Leiden.

"James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun was the son of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, and Margaret Campbell (Campbell), 2nd Baroness Campbell of Loudoun.

He married Lady Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton, and LLady Mary Leslie, Countess of Eglinton after 25 November 1666.
He died in 1684 in The Netherlands."

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Earl of Loudoun, named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline. The 1st Earl's wife Margaret was the granddaughter and heiress of Hugh Campbell, who had been created Lord Campbell of Loudoun; he resigned the peerage in favour of his grandson-in-law, who was later created an earl.

Earls of Loudoun (1633)

• John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, (b. 1598, d. 15 March 1661/62)
• James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, (d. 1684)
• Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, KT PC, (d. 20 November 1731)
• General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (b. 5 May 1705, d. 27 Apr 1782)
• James Campbell [later Mure-Campbell], 5th Earl of Loudoun (b. 11 Feb 1726)
• Lady Flora Mure-Campbell, suo jure (6th) Countess of Loudoun, (b. Aug 1780)
• George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings and 7th Earl of Loudoun (b.?)
• Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, suo jure (8th) Countess of Loudoun, (b. 10 Dec 1833)
• Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet [later Rawdon-Hastings], 4th Marquess of Hastings, 9th Earl of Loudoun, (b. 22 Jul 1842)
• Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, suo jure (10th) Countess of Loudoun, (b. 10 Dec 1833)
• Charles Edward Hastings [later Rawdon-Hastings, later Abney-Hastings], 11th Earl of Loudoun, (b. 5 Jan 1855)
• Lady Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, suo jure (12th) Countess of Loudoun, (b. 13 May 1883)
• Lady Barbara Abney-Hastings [n%C3%A9e Huddleston], suo jure (13th) Countess of Loudoun, (b. 3 Jul 1919)
• Michael Edward Abney-Hastings [n%C3%A9e Lord], 14th Earl of Loudoun, (b. 22 Jul 1942)
• Simon Michael Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun, (b. 1974)