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From: "Paul M. Gifford" <>
Subject: Re: Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 13:59:59 -0500


In article <> Joe Gentile <>
writes:

>According to some pretty good resources, Achibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of
>Argyll, is some kin to me. He was in command of the right wind at the
>Battle of Flodden Field (9 September 1513), when the Scottish forces were
>massacred.

>I am looking for resources on that battle, and especially on that
>individual. Would any of you have any recommendations?? Thanks.

Look at Sir James Balfour Paul, _The Scots Peerage_ (Edinburgh, 1909-16),
probably volume one, for the Earls of Argyll. A huge number of Scottish
lords and knights died at Flodden Field; one of the appendixes in the
_Complete Peerage_ lists them.

Paul Gifford

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