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Sir James Campbell, 5th Baronet

1679 – 1756

Scottish Jacobite[1] politician and landowner

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Lived 1679 – 1756 (aged 76–77). Sir James Campbell, 5th Baronet was a politician.

Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck, 5th Baronet (1679 – 14 October 1756) was a Scottish Jacobite politician and landowner. He was Lord Commissioner of Justiciary for the Highlands between 1701 and 1711, and Shire Commissioner for Argyllshire between 1703 and 1707. Considered a prominent Argyll laird, the fortune of the Campbells of Auchinbreck had however deteriorated since 1685. His grandmother Lady Anna Mackenzie, governess to William III, married his grandfather Lord Balneil and then remarried Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. He was educated at the University of Glasgow. The Campbells of Auchinbreck, regarded as among the most considerable branches of Clan Campbell, were one of the very few Campbell branches to support the Jacobite cause.

Following the death of his grandson in 1814, the baronetcy became extinct.

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Scottish Jacobite[1] politician and landowner

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