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Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

1607 - 1661

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Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (March 1607 – 27 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, he was the main leader of the Covenanter movement that fought for the Establishment of Presbyterianism in opposition to the preference of King Charles I and the Caroline Divines for instead establishing both High Church Anglicanism and Bishops. He is often remembered as the principal antagonist to the Royalist general James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll is the 7,768th most popular politician (up from 16,382nd in 2019). (up from 4,476th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll ranks 7,768 out of 19,576. Before him are Roman Malinovsky, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Birsa Munda, Arturo Frondizi, Andronikos I of Trebizond, and René Pleven. After him are Hans Globke, Andrija Artuković, Phaedon Gizikis, Aldona of Lithuania, Neferhotep I, and Democedes.

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Among people born in 1607, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll ranks 10. Before him are Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Infante Carlos of Spain, Wenceslaus Hollar, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, and Paul Gerhardt. After him are Antoine Gombaud, Akile Hatun, Zhu Yousong, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Antonio Barberini, and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1661, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll ranks 11. Before him are Shah Shuja, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Murad Bakhsh, Jan Fyt, and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Zheng Zhilong, Martino Martini, Andrea Sacchi, Pieter de Molijn, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, and Louis Couperin.

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