John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, marquess of Lorne, 9th duke of Argyll
1845–1914
British politician and writer. Son of George Douglas Campbell, eighth duke of Argyll. MP for Argyllshire, 1868–78. Married Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter, Louise, in 1871. Governor-general of Canada, 1878–83. Wrote works of travel and biography. Assumed the courtesy title marquess of Lorne in 1847; became ninth duke of Argyll in 1900, but continued to be widely known as marquess of Lorne.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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