A.tlS.db. National Library of Scotland II II 111 II II "6000050048* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/houseofargyllcolOOargy CLASCHU FACIES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GLASGOW, ANCIENT AND MODERN, FKOM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME: WRITERS OF EMINENCE IN LITERATURE SCIENCE, ART. »>•<<= ILIOKSTONE CHAIR. GLASGOW: JOHN TWEED. 11 ST. ENOCH SQUARE 18 70. — i a g h u Jf a c u : COMPRISING EVERY HISTORY OF GLASGOW HITHERTO PUBLISHED. Lib. Coll. Nos. Dom., . 1224-1559 James Pagan, 1847 John Gibson, 1777 Robert Stuart, 1848 Andrew Beown, 1797 Glasgow Past and Present, . I James Dbnholm, 1804 John Buchanan, s- 1849-51 James Cleland, 1816 Mathie Hamilton, . ) James Ewing, 1817 Laurence Hill, 1850 Wm. Mettam Wade, 1821 Munim. Univ. Glasg., 1854 Robert Chapman, 1822 John Strang, 1856 Glasgow Delineated, 1826 George Crawford, 1858 Not. Lit. Hist. Glasg., 1831 " Senex," Robert Reid, .... 1864 Burgh Records, 1573-1750 Peter Mackenzie, 1865 Reg. Epis. Glasg., 1843 Andrew Macgeorge, 1866 Chronicles of S. Mungo, . 1843 Wm. Henry Hill, 1866 "M'Ure's Book" though the oldest, is yet the best which we have on the subject. It is, at the same time, only too obvious that, even if he could have had access to the Records from which the Annals of the City must be written, he was without the knowledge necessary either to read or to understand them. His mistakes, gross as they are, have been, for the most part, implicitly copied by his Successors, a few of whom were more competent than himself, and some, indeed, were still more illiterate." [Lib: Coll: Nos: Dom: Ixix. Note 7.—Maitland Club.—Ed.'] ISST" The following Engravings are already completed, and will be followed by numerous others. The Publisher will feel thankful to any one who can supply copies of Cuts or Engravings which would be useful in the Work. Glasgow from the South-East. 1693. 2 Views of the Blackstone Chair. M'Ure's Copt of City Arms. Arms of Merchants' Hall. Seal of Robert Wyschard. Arms of Baronial Hall. 2 Views of Houses in Bell o' the Brae. 2 Views of Condemned Cells. Bishop Cameron's Arms. Old Tolbooth and Cross. Glasgow from South-West. St. Enoch Square. S. Fergus' Spandril. Old Bridge of Glasgow. Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace. Stockwell Houses. Gatehouse Palace. Gorbals Chapel. Glasgow from the West. Old Theatre and Royal Bank. Silvercraig's Land, Saltmarkbt. Merchants' House. Range of Houses in Castle Street. Bridgegate Old Houses. Ground Plan of the Bishop's Castle. Grammar School. Glasgow from the Merchants' Park. Saracen's Head Hotel. Old Custom House, Foot of Stockwell. Views of Punch Bowl. Glasgow from the South. Key 500 Years Old. College and Blackfriars' Church. Camlachie Mansion. Old Cross of Glasgow. Judges' Mace. The Duke of Montrose's Arms. Views of Old College, Rottenrow. 2 Views of Duke's Lodgings. New College. St. Nicholas Hospital and Old Trades' Shawfield Mansion, Glassford House. Street. Front View of Duke's Lodgings. Harvey's Dyke Medal. The North-East Side of Rottenrow. Portraits of David Dale and View of Trongate. Bob Dreghorn. Hangman's House. College Mace. Old Houses, High Street. Greyfriars' Monastery. Old Houses, Saltmarket. 4 Views of Argyle Street. Prebend's Manses. Fine View of the Cathedral. ' — Theyifollpwing are Among the ist of Subscribers : The H^n. WILLIAM RAE ARTHUR, Lord Provost of Glj The Right Hon. LORD COLONSAY, House of Lords The Right Hon. LORD GLASGOW, The Garrison, Millport Sir GEORGE CAMPBELL, Bart., Garscube. Sir WILLIAM FERGUSON, Bart., Her Majesty's Surgeon. Sir JAMES CAMPBELL, Knight, Stracathro. The Vert Rev. E. B. RAMSAY, LL.D., F.R.S.E., Dean of Edinburgh Bailie Osborne. William M'Lean, Esq., Writer. „ William Millar. John M'Lure, Esq., „ William Miller. J. 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Dunn, Esq., writer, Gilmour St. Adam Kilpatrick, Esq. Jas. L. Lamb, Esq., Underwood Cottage, &c, &c, &o. [A View of the Buildings of the College and Blackfriars at the close of the Seventeenth Century. Got up by Prof. Blackburn from the Original in the Archives of the University.] «£g° The Work will be completed in 20 Parts at 1/ each, or Four Divisions at 6/ each. JOHN TWEED, 11 ST. ENOCH SQUARE. THE HOUSE OF ARGYLL COLLATEEAL BRANCHES THE CLAN CAMPBELL FROM THE YEAR 420 TO THE PRESENT TIME. 1848. m»» GLASGOW: JOHN TWEED, 11 ST. ENOCH SQUAEE. HOULSTON & SON, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. JOHN MENZIES & CO., EDINBURGH. 1871, PREFACE. In presenting this volume to the public, the Editor feels that very little need be said by him by way of preface. The House of Argyll, as the head of the Clan Campbell, holds such a prominent place in our national history, its records are so intimately blended with every struggle for religious and political freedom, the actions of its chiefs have shed such lustre on our annals, that any fresh fact connected with their history cannot fail to be acceptable to the public. Most of the matter herein contained has never before been published. Of the extracts from the Argyll papers in the Appendix, there were only fifty copies printed, while the body of the work is taken from some old manuscripts, long in the possession of the family of Archibald MacNab, Esq. of Penmore, Isle of Mull; these, as well as the ancient family tree of the Craignish Campbells, he has most kindly placed at our disposal. We have collated and compared these old documents with other authentic records to substantiate their facts and verify their dates, but the language of the writers we have left untouched. We are well aware that a few Gaelic scholars would, in some instances, have used other words, but we have adhered to the MSS. as giving the old and popular version of these names, as from the position of Neil — IV PEEFACE. MacEwen, as genealogist to the family, and the here- ditary connection of his forefathers with the House of Argyll, he was likely to know the correct meaning attached to these phrases in that district.