Her Grace
The Duchess of Argyll

DStJ
BornEleanor Mary Cadbury
(1973-01-26) 26 January 1973
London, England
NationalityBritish
ResidenceInveraray Castle
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2002)​
IssueArchie Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
Lord Rory Campbell
Lady Charlotte Campbell
ParentsPeter Cadbury
Sally Strouvelle

Eleanor Mary Campbell, Duchess of Argyll DStJ (née Cadbury; 26 January 1973) is a British noblewoman, and Prior of the Order of St John's Priory of Scotland. A member of the Cadbury family, she is the wife of Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll.

Biography

Eleanor Mary Cadbury was born on 26 January 1973 in the London Borough of Merton to Peter Hugh George Cadbury (born 8 June 1943) and wife (1969) Sally Strouvelle. Through her father, she is a great-great-granddaughter of George Cadbury, and a great-great-great-granddaughter of John Cadbury the founder of the Cadbury chocolate company. She has a younger brother, Simon Charles (born 1975).

On 8 June 2002, she married Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll at St. Mary's Church, in Fairford, Gloucestershire.

The Duke and Duchess have three children:[1]

  • Archibald Friedrich Campbell, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne (born London, 9 March 2004), known as Archie Lorne; he served as a Page of Honour to the Queen from 2015 to 2018.[2]
  • Lord Rory James Campbell (born London, 3 February 2006)
  • Lady Charlotte Mary Campbell (born London, 29 October 2008)

Campbell is currently Prior of the Order of St John's Priory of Scotland. Appointed on 24 June 2021, Campbell is the Priory's first woman Prior.

Campbell is a patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball,[3] president of the Georgian Group, patroness of Richmond's Hope,[4] First Aid 4 Gambia,[5] a board member of the Historic Houses Association, and founder of Best of the West music festival.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "The Peerage, entry for 13th Duke of Argyll".
  2. ↑ "Buckingham Palace 18 May 2016". Court Circular.
  3. ↑ "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  4. ↑ url=https://www.richmondshope.org.uk
  5. ↑ url=http://www.firstaid4gambia.org
  6. ↑ url=https://bowfest.co.uk
  7. ↑ "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  • "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"
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