Campbell of Craignish - Lairds of Craignish

Lairds of Craignish

• Sir Archibald Campbell, 5th Knight of Lochawe, 20th Chieftain of Argyll
• Dugald Maul Campbell (1156-1190), second son of above, 1st Laird and Chieftain of Campbell of Craignish
• Dugald Campbell, 2nd Laird (1178-1220), 2nd Chieftain
• Dugald Campbell, 3rd Laird (1200-1250), 3rd Chieftain
• Dugald Campbell, 4th Laird (1225-1250), 4th Chieftain
• Dugald Campbell, 5th Laird (d.1270), 5th Chieftain
• Malcolm Campbell, 5th Laird (1250-1290), 5th Chieftain
• Sir Dugald Campbell, 6th Laird (1272-????), 6th Chieftain
• Sir Dugald Campbell, 7th Laird (1300-1350), 7th Chieftain
• Christina Campbell (b.1323), 8th Chieftain

The 7th Laird had left only one daughter, Christine Campbell (b. 1323). Her weakness and imprudence caused the majority of the estate to be resigned to the Knight of Lochawe, who took advantage of her. She was left with only a small portion of the upper part of Craignish under his superiority. The nearest male representative - Ronald Campbell - was a nephew of her grandfather, and he fought hard to win back his heritage. The then Chief of Clan Campbell was obliged to allow him possession of a considerable portion of the estate, but retaining the superiority, and inserting a condition in the grant that if there was ever no male heir in the direct line the lands were to revert automatically to the Argyll family.

• Ronald Campbell of Corranmore, nephew of the 6th Laird, became the 8th Laird and 9th Chieftain
• John 'Ean Gorm' Campbell, 9th Laird, 10th Chieftain (ANCESTOR OF PRINCE WILLIAM)
• Donald McEan Gorm Campbell, second son of the 9th Laird, became the 10th Laird, 11th Chieftain & 1st Baron Campbell of Barrichebean
• Dugald Campbell, eldest son of Archibald, eldest son of the 9th Laird, became 11th Laird and 12th Chieftain
• Ronald Campbell, natural son of the above, became 12th Laird and 13th Chieftain
• Dugald Oig Campbell, 13th Laird, 14th Chieftain
• John Campbell Aird of Craignish, natural son of the above, 14th Laird and 15th Chieftain
• John Campbell, second son of the above, 15th Laird and 16th Chieftain
• Dugald Campbell, 16th Laird, 17th Chieftain
• Gillespic Campbell, second son of the above, 17th Laird, 18th Chieftain, died without children

The rightful heir was now Charles 'Tearlach Mor' Campbell, of Corranmore, Craignish, first of Clan Tearlach. Charles was the nephew of Dugald Campbell, 11th Laird and 12th Chieftain. But Charles had been banished from Argyll, and the lands of Craignish reverted to the Earls of Argyll. The descendants of Donald McEan Gorm Campbell, 10th laird and 11th Chieftain of Craignish, retained Barrichebean and were fortunate enough to buy back the greater part of the estate of Craignish between 1550 and 1680, which they possessed under the patronymic MacDoil Vic Ean.

• John Campbell, invested as 2nd Baron of Barrichibean in 1492, son of the 10th Laird
• Donald Campbell, invested as the 3rd Baron, 1532
• Iain Campbell, invested as the 4th Baron, 1544
• Donald Campbell, invested as the 5th Baron, 1562
• John Campbell, invested as the 6th Baron, 1569
• Donald Campbell, 7th Baron
• George Campbell, 8th Baron
• Dugald Campbell, 9th Baron
• Captain Dugald Campbell, 10th Baron
• Colin Campbell, 11th Baron