Carter-Campbell of Possil

Carter-Campbell of Possil
Cairtear-Cambeulach[1][2]
MottoFac et spera (Latin = Do and Hope)
War cryBattle cry: Cruachan![3]
Profile
DistrictCastle Martin,[4][5][6] County Kildare.[7][8] Achnacroish[9] and Ardrishaig, Argyllshire. Possil, Lanarkshire.[10] Craigenputtock Dumfriesshire.[11]
Plant badgeShamrock[12] and Bog Myrtle[13]
AnimalRampant Combatant Lions,[14] Talbot and Wild Boar[15]
Pipe music"The Campbells are Coming"[16]
Carter-Campbell of Possil no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan

Carter-Campbell of Possil (also known as Campbell of Possil) is a branch of Clan Campbell, a Scottish clan.[17] The Campbells of Possil were originally located in Argyll; and the Carters were an Irish family: the Carter-Campbell name was first used in 1864, following marriage.

Descendants include Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil OBE and George Carter-Campbell.

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  6. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1853). Index to Burke's Dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: comprising all the names (upwards of 100,000) mentioned in the work. Hurst and Blackett.
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  9. ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1851). Parliamentary papers. HMSO. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1937). Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry: founded by the late Sir Bernard Burke. Shaw. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. ^ TheGlasgowStory. "Possil House". Sp Coll Dougan Add. 73 TheGlasgowStory. Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, Dougan Collection.
  12. ^ McCalmont, Rose Elizabeth; Barret, C. R. B. (1915). Memoirs of the Binghams. Spottiswoode. carter of castle martin.
  13. ^ A History of Clan Campbell Vol.1, p.294. by Alastair Campbell of Airds, Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 1-902930-17-7.
  14. ^ Stevenson, Robert Louis (1897). Works. C. Scribner's. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  15. ^ Beauclerk Dewar, Peter (1 August 2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain. Burkes Peerage & Gentry Llc; 19th edition (August 2001). pp. 183, 184. ISBN 9780971196605.
  16. ^ Seaver, Jesse Montgomery (1971). Campbell family history. American Genealogical Research Institute.
  17. ^ Clan Campbell Society (United States of America) (1999). Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (United States of America). The Society. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)