Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
The Duke of Argyll | |
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 The Duke in 1953 | |
| Predecessor | Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll |
| Successor | Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll |
| Known for | 1963 divorce |
| Born | Ian Douglas Campbell 18 June 1903 Paris, France |
| Died | 7 April 1973 (aged 69) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | The Hon. Janet Gladys Aitken
(m. 1927; div. 1934) |
| Issue | Lady Jeanne Campbell Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll Lord Colin Ivar Campbell Lady Elspeth Campbell |
| Parents | Douglas Campbell Aimee Lawrence |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 31 July 1963 – 7 April 1973 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Succeeded by | Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll |
Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll (18 June 1903 – 7 April 1973), was a Scottish peer. He is chiefly remembered for his unhappy marriage to, and scandalous 1963 divorce from, Margaret Whigham.
Early life
Ian Douglas Campbell was born in Paris, France.[1] He was the son of Douglas Walter Campbell and his wife, Aimee Marie Suzanne Lawrence. He was a great-grandson of the 8th Duke of Argyll.
He fought in the Second World War, attaining the rank of captain in the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was captured in 1940, along with the surviving members of the 51st (Highland) Division, following a rear-guard action at Saint-Valery-en-Caux in Normandy, and was held as a prisoner of war until 1945.[2]
He inherited the dukedom from his first cousin once removed, the 10th Duke of Argyll, in August 1949.[1]
Personal life
Argyll was married four times.[3] He was known to be addicted to drink, gambling and prescription drugs, and was described as physically violent and emotionally cruel by his wives, whose money he tried to use for maintaining Inveraray Castle.[4] His first marriage was to The Honourable Janet Gladys Aitken (1908–1988), daughter of business tycoon and press baron Lord Beaverbrook, on 12 December 1927. They had a daughter:[5]
- Lady Jeanne Campbell (1928–2007), who married Norman Mailer in 1962. They were divorced in 1963; they had one daughter. She remarried to John Cram in March 1964. They had one daughter.[5]
Ian and Janet divorced in 1934. Argyll's second marriage was to Louise Hollingsworth Morris Vanneck, née Clews (d. 10 February 1970), daughter of Henry Clews by his wife Louise Hollingsworth Morris (ex-wife 1894–1901 of Frederick Gebhard) of Baltimore, Maryland, and former wife of Hon. Andrew Vanneck (md 1930–1933) on 23 November 1935. This marriage produced two sons:[5]
- Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll (1937–2001), who married Iona Colquhoun on 4 July 1964. They had two children:[5]
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (b. 1968)[5]
- Lady Louise Iona Campbell (b. 1972), who married Anthony Burrell on 18 April 1998. They have two children:[5]
- Lord Colin Ivar Campbell (b. 1946), who married Georgia Arianna Ziadie on 23 March 1974; they were divorced in 1975.[5]
This marriage also ended in divorce, in 1951.[5]
Argyll's third marriage was to Margaret Whigham (1912–1993), mother of Frances, Dowager Duchess of Rutland, from her previous marriage to Charles Francis Sweeny. They were married on 22 March 1951. Margaret was a glittering society figure. While married to the Duke, she had affairs with other men including actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Duncan Sandys, the Minister of Defence. The marriage was childless and they divorced in 1963, after the Duke found polaroid photographs of her sexual activities with other men. In the divorce proceeding, the Duke produced the photographs which featured the Duchess wearing only her signature triple-string of pearls while fellating an unidentified man. In hearings which gained much media attention, the divorce was granted, though on grounds of adultery with a different man.[6]
Argyll's fourth and final marriage was to Mathilda Coster Mortimer (1925–1997)[7] on 15 June 1963. Mathilda, who was first married to Clemens Heller, founder of the Salzburg Global Seminar, a school in Salzburg, Austria,[7] was the granddaughter of New York banker and clubman William B. Coster.[8] From this marriage he had a daughter:
- Lady Elspeth Campbell (1967–1967), who lived only five days.[5]
They remained married until the Duke's death on 7 April 1973. He died in a nursing home in Edinburgh.[1] He was succeeded by his son Ian.[5]
While most Dukes and Duchesses of Argyll are buried at Kilmun Parish Church, the 11th Duke and his son, the 12th Duke, both chose to be buried on the island of Inishail in Loch Awe.
Ancestry
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In popular culture
- Ian and Margaret's divorce was dramatised in the Amazon/BBC's A Very British Scandal, written by Sarah Phelps and broadcast in 2021, starring Paul Bettany as the Duke.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ a b c "Eleventh Duke of Argyll, Chief of Campbells". The Glasgow Herald. 9 April 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ The Times, 18 April 1973
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p. 153 § 1525".[unreliable source]
- ^ Gristwood, Sarah (26 December 2021). "The Argyll divorce: the society scandal that rocked 1960s Britain". BBC History. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Argyll, Duke of (S, 1701)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Hugh Davies (10 August 2000). "Duchess's 'headless man' was Fairbanks Jnr". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ a b "Mathilda, Dowager Duchess of Argyll, Dies at 70". The New York Times. 8 June 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Currie, William (17 January 1993). "Mother's Search". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (Volume 40 ed.). Burke's Peerage Limited. 1878. p. 39. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (11 March 2020). "'The ABC Murders' Writer Sarah Phelps Signs Up For 'A Very English Scandal' Season 2".
- ^ Association, Press (31 January 2019). "A Very English Scandal series 2 will focus on the 'Dirty Duchess' divorce case" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Williams, Zoe (17 December 2021). "'I like sex and am extremely good at it' – the real crime of the 'fellatio duchess' in A Very British Scandal". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Argyll
- Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
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