Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell
Na Caimbeulaich[1]
Crest: A boar's head fessways erased Or, armed Argent, langued Gules
MottoNe Obliviscaris ("Forget Not")
SloganCruachan! (from the mountain)
Profile
RegionHighlands
DistrictArgyll
Plant badgeBog Myrtle
Pipe music"The Campbells Are Coming" (also known in Scottish Gaelic as "Baile Inneraora")
Chief
Torquhil Ian Campbell
The 13th Duke of Argyll (Mac Cailein Mór) ('MacCailein Mor')
SeatInveraray Castle
Historic seatCastle Campbell
Septs of Clan Campbell
Arthur, MacArtair, MacArthur, MacCarter.[2] Bannatyne, Ballantyne, Blanton.[2] Brunton, Burnes, Burness, Burnett, Burns.[2] Caddell, Cadell, Calder, Calvert, Camp[2] Connochie, Conochie, MacConachie, MacConchie, MacConnechy, MacConochie.[2] Denoon, Denune.[2] Gant, Gibbon, MacGibbon, MacGubbin.[2] Harres, Harris, Hardy, Hawes, Haws, Hawson.[2] Hastings.[2] Isaac, Isaacs, Kemp, Kissack, Kissock, MacIsaac, MacKessack, MacKessock, MacKissock.[2] Iverson, Macever, Macgure, MacIver, MacIvor, Macure, Orr, Ure.[2] Kellar, Keller, Maceller, MacKellar (also McKellar), McKerrow.[2] Lorne.[2] McGilekeyr (also Gilkie,Gilkey), Louden, Loudon, Loudoun, Lowden, Lowdon.[2] MacColm, MacColmbe, MacLaws, MacLehose, MacTause, MacThomas, Riddell,[2] MacDermid, MacDermott, MacDiarmid.[2] MacElvie, MacKelvie.[2] MacGlasrich.[2] MacKerlie.[2] MacNichol.[2] MacNocaird.[2] MacOran.[2] Macowen.[2] MacPhedran,[2] MacPhederain,[3] Paterson.[3] MacPhun.[2] Moore, Muir.[2] Ochiltree.[2] Pinkerton.[2] Tanner, Tonner, Torrie, Torry.[2]
Clan branches
Allied clans
Rival clans

Clan Campbell (Scottish Gaelic: Na Caimbeulaich [na ˈkʰaimbəl̪ˠɪç]) is a Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans.[4] The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The chief of the clan became Earl of Argyll and later Duke of Argyll.

  1. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Official List of Septs of Clan Campbell". Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  3. ^ a b Campbell, A, A History of Clan Campbell; Volume 1, From Origins to the Battle of Flodden, p.254-255
  4. ^ "The story of the Campbells, one of the mightiest of all the clans of Scotland". The National. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.