e for the Union in 1707, but was chosen a
representative peer in the parliament of Great Britain of 1713-1715. His
co-operation with the English government in securing the temporary
submission of the Highlands was inspired by no real loyalty or
allegiance, and he encouraged the attempted French descent in 1708,
refusing, however, to commit himself to paper. On the occasion of the
Jacobite rising in 1715 he excused himself on the 19th of September from
obeying the summons to appear at Edinburgh on the ground of his age and
infirmities; but nevertheless the next day visited Mar's camp at
Logierait and afterwards the camp at Perth, his real business being,
according to the Master of Sinclair, "to trick others, not to be
trickt," and to obtain a share of the French subsidies. He had taken
money for the whole 1200 men he had promised and only sent 300. His 300
men were withdrawn after the battle of Sheriffmuir, and his death, which
took place on the 19th of March 1717, rendered unnecessary any inquiry
into his conduct. He married (1) Mary, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st earl
of Holland, by whom he had two sons, Duncan, styled Lord Ormelie, who
was passed over in the succession, and John, and earl of Breadalbane;
(2) Mary, daughter of Archibald, marquis of Argyll, and widow of George,
6th earl of Caithness, by whom he had one son, Colin. By Mrs Mildred
Littler, who has sometimes but probably in error been named as his third
wife, he had a daughter, Mary.

JOHN CAMPBELL, 2nd earl of Breadalbane (1662-1752), an eccentric
nobleman, who was known as "Old Rag," was succeeded by his only son,
John (c. 1696-1782). This earl was a diplomatist, being British
ambassador to Denmark and to Russia, and a politician, being for a long
time a member of the House of Commons and a supporter of Sir Robert
Walpole, in addition to holding several official positions. All his sons
having predeceased their father, the title passed on his death, on the
26th of January 1782, to a cousin, John (1762-1834), who became 4th earl
and was created a British peer as marquess of Breadalbane in 1831. His
son John, the 2nd marquess (1796-1862), a prominent leader of the Free
Church during the ecclesiastical disputes in Scotland, died without sons
in November 1862. The marquessate now became extinct, but the Scottish
earldom passed to a cousin John Alexander (1824-1871), whose son and
successor, Gavin (b. 1851), was created marquess of Breadalbane in 1885.

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