The Argyll & Bute Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the west of Scotland from 1798 to 1909, serving in Home Defence during the French Revolutionary...
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Commissioner for Bute (1685–1686, 1689–1693 and 1702–1703), and was Sheriff of Argyll in 1686. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor for Scotland, and was one...
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rearrangement of the country's militias in 1809, he became colonel of the Argyll and Bute Militia. He entered the British House of Commons in 1799, having been elected...
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commanded the Bute and Argyll Militia and kept that part of the country peaceful. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a tutor to Prince George and when the...
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The Campbell of Argyll Militia also known as the Campbell militia, the Argyll militia, or the Argyllshire men, was an irregular militia unit formed in...
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John Campbell (1770–1809) (category Argyll and Bute Militia officers)
promoted to lieutenant and then captain. He left the army in about 1799, and was later Colonel of the Argyll and Bute Militia. In 1796, he married Lady...
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George William Robert Campbell (category Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George)
1835 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, the son of John Campbell and Eliza née Elder. He enlisted in the Argyll and Bute Militia and served in India, where...
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recruits. Hampered by Argyll's inexperience as a commander and disagreements amongst the rebel leaders, and pursued by government militia under the Marquess...
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John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane (category Argyll and Bute Militia officers)
1834 and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1838. The following year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (and Colonel of the Argyll and Bute Militia)...
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Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (26 February 1629 – 30 June 1685) was a Scottish peer and soldier. The hereditary chief of Clan Campbell, and a prominent figure...
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Iain mac Ailein (category Calvinist and Reformed poets)
mac Ailein was conscripted into the Argyll and Bute Militia. The Bard apparently disliked military life intensely and arranged for a substitute to serve...
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Shires of Scotland (redirect from Shires and stewartries)
were appointed for life and only eight held office at the pleasure of the monarch. The heritable sheriffdoms were Argyll, Bute, Banff, Caithness, Clackmannan...
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Militia 5th Brigade – formerly Forfar and Kincardine Artillery 6th Brigade – formerly Argyll and Bute Artillery Militia Artillery Volunteers: 1st Edinburgh;...
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Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies (including Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, and South...
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of Glasgow) Argyll and Bute (John Campbell) Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peebles (Earl of Home) Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty (Lord...
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Sir John Campbell, of Airds (category Nobility from Argyll and Bute)
service of the Argyllshire and Bute Militia. In 1804 he claimed the baronetcy of Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet, of Ardnamurchan and Airds, but this claim...
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Scottish Division, Royal Artillery (category Military units and formations of Scotland)
Artillery Militia (6 btys) 5th Brigade at Montrose – formerly Forfar and Kincardine Artillery (8 btys) 6th Brigade at Campbeltown – formerly Argyll and Bute Artillery...
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Argyll's Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment formed in April 1689 to suppress Jacobite opposition in the Highlands. In February 1692 it took...
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Mountain Division, Royal Artillery (category Military units and formations established in 1889)
the formation of the part-time Territorial Force (TF) in 1908 the 1st Argyll & Bute RGA (Volunteers) was converted into 4th Highland (Mountain) Brigade...
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the Militia Act 1797 (37 Geo.3, C.103), the lieutenants appointed "for the Counties, Stewartries, Cities, and Places" were given powers to raise and command...
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Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald (category Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George)
82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Thomas. He is buried in Achnaba Churchyard, Ardchattan near Benderloch, Lorne, Argyll & Bute. As...
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Military history of Scotland (redirect from Scottish soldiers and sailors)
HMS Varbel, Port Bannatyne, Argyll & Bute, Midget submarine training shore base HMS Western Isles, Tobermory, Argyll & Bute, Anti-submarine working up...
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Duncan MacDougall (British Army officer) (category Military personnel from Argyll and Bute)
in 1825. Sent to command colonial militia in Nova Scotia, he transferred to the 79th Regiment of Foot in 1830 and commanded it from 1832. In 1835 he...
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enlistment to the militia in Hexham (Northumberland) is fired on by members of the North Yorkshire Militia with around 45 killed and many more wounded...
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to the 17th Lancers. He had a previous commission for the Argyll and Bute Artillery Militia, but never joined due to passing his examination at Sandhurst...
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List of commando units (category Commando units and formations)
South Hams, Plymouth), 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group (HMNB Clyde, Argyll and Bute), 45 Commando (Arbroath, Scotland), the Commando Logistic Regiment...
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Southern Division, Royal Artillery (category Military units and formations in Portsmouth)
Btys) Waterford Artillery (Southern Division) at Waterford (5 Btys) Argyll & Bute Artillery (Southern Division) at Campbeltown (6 Btys) Wicklow Artillery...
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Lord-lieutenant (section England and Wales)
responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until...
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(from 1900) Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute (from 1975) Argyllshire (until 1975) Ayrshire (until 1975) Ayrshire and Arran (from 1975) Banffshire Berwickshire...
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Highland Fencible Corps (redirect from Argyll Fencibles)
were issued to John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, then the most influential and powerful nobleman in Scotland, and William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland...
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