GORDON, Margaret 1
User ID: L547 Margaret married Sir Hugh CAMPBELL 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr, son of Sir Matthew CAMPBELL 10th of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr and Isobel DRUMMOND, in 1572.1 (Sir Hugh CAMPBELL 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr was born about 1554 and died on 15 December 1622 1.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret (Gordon), married in 1572 to Sir Hugh Campbell of London, Sheriff of Ayr, afterwards Lord of Loudon. The Sheriff paid a visit to his father-in-law at Rusco in 1574, accompanied by his kinsman, Robert Campbell of Kinyeancleugh, the friend of Knox, and John Davidson, afterwards minister at Prestonpans. Kinyeancleugh was seized with a fever soon after their arrival, and died at Rusco in a few days ; and Davidson included an account of the circumstances, beginning with a profession of his inability to tell the order of 'the princely house that we sawe there' with its retainers, in a commemorative poem, printed in black letter, now one of the rarities of the Scottish press. Lady Loudon died on 22 May 1607" |