About Neil Campbell
Lived 1590 – 1643 (aged 52–53). Neil Campbell was a priest.
Neil Campbell, M.A. (c.1590 – c.1643/47) was a Scottish clergyman who served in the Church of Scotland as the Bishop of the Isles from 1633 to 1638.
The son of Neil Campbell, Bishop of Argyll, he was educated at the University of Glasgow, obtaining a Master of Arts degree in 1607. He became the minister of Glassary, Argyll in 1611, and married Jean, daughter of Adam Boyd (son of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd) in 1620.
He died sometime between 7 October 1643 and 29 April 1647.
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Neil Campbell was born in 1590 in Church of Scotland.
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Neil Campbell died in 1643 in Church of Scotland.
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