Sir Hugh Campbell "of Cessnock"1

M, #14999, b. 1615, d. 20 September 1686
Note  The connection with the Loudoun family was made closer by the pious but unfortunate Sir Hew Campbell of Cessnock, who about 1630 married Lady Elizabeth, second daughter and co-heiress of George, Master of Loudoun. Amongst the many associations of Cessnock Castle the history of Sir Hew is the most mournful, that nobleman being persecuted to the death by a secret enemy who is supposed to have been John Drummond, Viscount of Melfort. Sir Hew belonged to the Presbyterian party, and took part in the political troubles which ended in the death of Charles I. Upon the ascension of Charles II. he became a favourite at court, and was knighted by that monarch about 1649, and was by Parliament appointed Lord Justice-Clerk. At the Restoration he retired from public life, but here his troubles commenced. Without any apparent cause he was exempted from the act of indemnity passed in 1662, and, after suffering various terms of imprisonment and paying heavy fines, was in 1683, along with his son George, thrown into prison upon a trumped-up charge of being connected with the Covenanters in the district, and accessory to the rising at Bothwell. At the trial they would have been found guilty had not a conscience-stricken witness broken down. This event cause their acquittal, but they were detained in prison, and in the year following were brought to trial for being connected with the Ryehouse Plot. This they partly admitted, and threw themselves upon the mercy of the Court, but were found guilty and sentenced to be removed to the Bass until the King’s pleasure should be known. Their estates were forfeited and annexed to the crown, but afterwards were conferred upon the supposed secret instigator of the charges. Under this harsh treatment the health of Sir Hew broke down, and after a lengthened imprisonment on this account he was released, but died shortly afterwards at Edinburgh, on the 20th September, 1686, aged 71 years.
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Birth*1615 Sir Hugh Campbell "of Cessnock" was born in 1615. 
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of George Campbell (Master of Loudoun) and Jean Fleming (Lady).1 
Death*20 September 1686 Sir Hugh Campbell "of Cessnock" died on 20 September 1686 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Sir Hew Campbell (1615-1686) died in Edinburgh on 20 Sept 1686, which appears from an old memorandum-book in the possession of a descendant: 'Monday, September 20th, 1686. Sir Hugh Campbel died this day, in his son Hugh's chambers, in Edinburgh, of seven days sickness, which he contracted on the Monday night previous. He was buried by torch light at 6 o'clock on the Thursday following, in the Greyfriars' churchyard, aged 71 years in March 1686."2 

Family

Elizabeth Campbell
Children
Last Edited1 Jul 2006

Citations

  1. [S208] Burke's Peerage an Baronetage, One Hundred and Fifth Edition, 1970 1st impression, 1975 2nd impression, pg 1657.
  2. [S210] History of the counties of Ayr and Wigtown, James Paterson, : Edinburgh, 1863, Vol 1 Kyle, SLC 253086.
  3. [S209] per a tree on Ancestry or FamilySearch so needs independent verification.