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Argyll returned 'A Short Answer' to the Indictment against him on 23 January 1661. Here is Argyll's defence: "Ardkinglas was colonel from Parliament and not from him and if he pursued Lamont it was doubtless as a rebel at that time to the kingdom; so what Ardkinglas of any other did...

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Clan Maclachlan, also known as Clan Lachlan, is a Highland Scottish clan that historically centred on the lands of Strathlachlan on Loch Fyne, Argyll on the west coast of Scotland.

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The Lamonts & Campbells - 1646-1659 What follows here is a story of treachery and not a story of clan warfare. McKechnie wrote: ' To the lasting disgrace of the seven who signed for Clan Diarmid, the agreement was treated as a scrap of paper and a campiagn of murder robbery and...

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The Indictment of Argyll In July 1660, the Marquis of Argyll went to London to pay respects to King Charles. When he arrived, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. In January 1661, Parliament met in Edinburgh for the first time in nine years and on the 18th of that month, Sir...

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The Lamonts & Campbells - Early 1646 In the Spring of 1646, Sir James Lamont and Alasdair MacColla Ciotach MacDomhnaill (Alasdair the son of Colla the Left-handed, of the Clan MacDonald) determined they should once again join forces with Montrose. It should be remembered that Montrose...

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History Origins of the clan The origin of the Gordon clan in Scotland was not Gaelic. This is best described by H. Potter in his book, Blood Feud. Although the Gordon family in Scotland rose to become the predominant power in the northeast of Scotland they were not natives...

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Origins of the Clan The family name comes from the Leslie lands of Aberdeenshire and was to become famous in Germany, Poland, France and Russia. A Hungarian (or more likely by onomastics and typical of the times as well as later Leslie history, a Kievan of Varangian origins)...

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The Lamonts & Campbells - 1645 After scoring a victory at Tippermore, Alasdair MacColla persuaded Montrose that an invasion of Argyll was in order. Stevenson says: ‘Alasdair stressed the importance of the Marquis of Argyll. Not just as an enemy of the MacDonalds, but as the leading...

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The Lamonts & Campbells - The Early Years It is difficult to prepare an article that accurately describes the difficulties between the Lamonts and the Campbells, without looking at a lot of very ancient history (which is typically vague) and examining the geography of Cowal. I hope...

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The Lamonts & Campbells 1600-1644 It appears that the 17th century came without much ado for the Lamonts. In 1612, James Lamont was born and the Barony passed to him in 1624. In 1634, he married his cousin Margaret, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Ardkinglas. Later in 1634, he...