Hew Campbell of Loudon (died 1561) was a Scottish landowner.

He was a son of Hugh Campbell of Loudon and Isobel Wallace.

Campbell was Sheriff of Ayr. His first name is sometimes spelled "Hugh" or "Huw". He signed his name "Hew Campbell".[1]

Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis was murdered at Prestwick by followers of Hew Campbell in August 1527, over a quarrel about the lands of Turnberry.[2]

Marriage and family

Campbell married Elizabeth Stewart, a daughter of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Hamilton.[3]

He married secondly, Agnes Drummond, a daughter of John Drummond of Innerpeffray and Margaret Stewart.[3]

His children included:

  • Matthew Campbell of Loudon[3]
  • Margaret Campbell, who married Alexander Nisbet of Bankhead[3]

After his death, his widow Agnes Drummond, married Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, and subsequently, Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond.

References

  1. ↑ Annie Cameron, Scottish Correspondence of Mary of Lorraine (SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), p. 322.
  2. ↑ Ken Emond, The Minority of James V (Edinburgh, 2019), pp. 253-254.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Paul, James Balfour (1904–1914). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. p. 5:496. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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