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| He was styled Sir Colin Campbell of Boquhan, and received a charter of those lands, 8 August 1546, he also had a charter of the lands of Easter Leckie, or Shirgarten, co. Stirling, 21 July 1548, where he is described as second son of Archibald, Earl of Argyll. He obtained six charters, to 'Sir Colin Campbell of Bochquhan, knight, brother of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, of Lome, Lochow, Durror, Auchnagarran, Pincartoun, etc., and the local hereditary offices, dated 10 February 1571-72, and succeeded his brother 1573.11 |
| In 1576 a quarrel having arisen between Argyll and the Earl of Atholl, a charge was sent them that they should keep the peace, and they were summoned to appear before the Regent Morton and the Council at Holyrood on 16 November 1576, with not more than sixty followers each. Before that time, however, on 20 July, Argyll gave a formal engagement not to molest in any way the people or lands of Atholl ; but this did not obviate the necessity of hearing the grounds of quarrel by the Council. The day originally fixed seems to have been extended to 20 January 1576-77, and then it was found that both nobles had come to Edinburgh with so large a retinue that there was serious danger of a violent outbreak. Proclamation was therefore made that no weapons were to be worn by those assembled, and that the two Earls were to refrain from all hostilities.12 |
| Morton was not able to proceed in the matter further, and Argyll and Atholl thenceforward became the leaders of that coalition against him which resulted in his resignation in March 1577-78. Within nine months, however, he succeeded in reinstating himself in power. But he had a formidable opposition to deal with, and so great was the feeling against him that a civil war seemed imminent: this extremity was obviated by the mediation of Bowes, the English ambassador, and a treaty of accommodation was concluded on terms of mutual concession. Argyll was continued in the Council as Justice-General, and agreed to co-operate with Morton, an agreement which resulted in his being elected Chancellor 17 August 1579. He accompanied the King in his entry to Edinburgh 30 September 1579. He was lieutenant of the West Marches in 1580, and sat on the trial of the Regent Morton in June of the following year. He took part on 2 May 1584 in another trial of note, that of the Earl of Gowrie, the leader of the 4 Ruthven Raid,' who paid the penalty of his rashness with his life, being executed on the night of his trial below Stirling Castle. By this time, however, Argyll's health was failing: in the Parliament which sat at Edinburgh in May 1584 Arran was appointed Chancellor in his absence, and he did not live long afterwards, dying on 10 September 1584 at Darnaway, where he made his will on the fifth of same month.13 |
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