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Mary Campbell of Mamore

1685 – 1736

Campbell [née Bellenden], Mary, of Mamore (bap. 1685, d. 1736), courtier

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About Mary Campbell of Mamore

Lived 1685 – 1736 (aged 50–51).

Mary Campbell of Mamore born Mary Bellenden (baptised 1685 – 1736) was a Scottish aristocrat who was a maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach. She was rumoured to have had an affair with her husband the Prince of Wales, but she married his groom of the bedchamber John Campbell of Momore (later the Duke of Argyll).

Life She was one of the seven children of Lady Mary Ramsay, Countess Dowager of Dalhousie and her second husband John Drummond Bellenden, 2nd Lord Bellenden of Broughton. She was their third daughter and she was baptised in Edinburgh on 4 May 1685. She had an advantageous friendship with Mary Ker who was the wife of her cousin (John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe) and Mary Ker proposed to Caroline of Ansbach (the Princess of Wales) that Mary should become her maid of honour.

They had six children, including: Lord William Campbell (born 1731, died 1778)

Mary Campbell of Mamore died in childbirth in 1736.

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Born
1685
Birth century
Died
1736
Also known as
Mary Bellenden, Hon. Mary Bellenden

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Who was Mary Campbell of Mamore?

Campbell [née Bellenden], Mary, of Mamore (bap. 1685, d. 1736), courtier

When was Mary Campbell of Mamore born?

Mary Campbell of Mamore was born in 1685.

When did Mary Campbell of Mamore die?

Mary Campbell of Mamore died in 1736.

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· Wikipedia: Mary Campbell of Mamore

· Wikidata: Q19324857

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