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George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

(1823-1900), Politician, Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for India and writer on science, religion, and politics

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 32 portraits
Argyll held various government posts as a whig including Privy Seal four times and Secretary of State of India from 1868 to 1874. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and interested in scientific progress, although opposed to the theory of evolution.

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