Alastair campbell of airds biography of michaels

          Alastair LorneCampbell of Airds, Esq., 13th of Airds, was born on 11 July at London, England.

        1. Alastair LorneCampbell of Airds, Esq., 13th of Airds, was born on 11 July at London, England.
        2. The right of Alastair Campbell of Airds to be identified as the author of this book has Michael J. Campbell.
        3. Alastair Campbell of Airds, who died aged 85, was a soldier and Highland historian who promoted the name of Clan Campbell and its Argyllshire homeland around.
        4. Chief of the Clan Alasdair outlawed — along with his brother, nephew, and men—for their involvement in an affray on Campbell lands in Knapdale [DMM].
        5. Celtic Scotland appears to have left historians confused as to what is in the MS and what is not.

          6. Alastair Campbell of Airds, who died aged 85, was a soldier and Highland historian who promoted the name of Clan Campbell and its Argyllshire homeland around....

          A HISTORY OF CLAN CAMPBELL, VOLUME 2

          FROM FLODDEN TO THE RESTORATION

          Volume 1 of this history ended with the chief and his followers dead on Flodden field.

          Volume 2 describes the Clan's recovery. Within five years Colin, 3rd Earl, was Vice-Regent and Lieutenant of the kingdom.

          A History of Clan Campbell, Volume III: From the Restoration to the Present Day. By Alastair Campbell of Airds.

          Within five decades the Clan had extended their possessions to the Western Isles, reinforced their Highland dominance, and become the most powerful family in the nation. How they managed to remain so for a century and a half, despite everything history could throw at them, is the subject of Alastair Campbell's fascinating, vivid and well-paced narrative.

          Religious conflict in Scotland during almost the whole of the period was devastating.

          The Crown vacillated between Reformed, Episcopal and Catholic doctrine whether it was based in Edinburgh or, after 1603, in London. With one exception by contrast the Campbell chiefs held firm to the Protestant Reformation. In 1556 Colin, 4th Earl, invited John Knox