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 politicsEarly 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.
by Sir John Gilbert
pencil, pen and ink and wash, 1855
NPG 1125
Engraving after 'The Coalition Ministry, 1854'
by William Walker, after Sir John Gilbert
engraving, 1857
NPG 1125a
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 1263
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
NPG 5116
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1893
NPG 2338
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by John Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax21852
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39792
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x92
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax5054
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax46272
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x93
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1865
NPG Ax15860
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, after 1867
NPG Ax8527
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, early 1870s?
NPG x29175
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x197057
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
NPG Ax17761
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
NPG x32935
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (circa 1873)
NPG x135098
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1880
NPG x5984
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG Ax17708
Related People
- Elizabeth Georgiana (née Sutherland-Leveson-Gower), Duchess of Argyll (wife)
- Amelia Maria (née Claughton), Duchess of Argyll (wife)
- John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (son)
- Lady Frances Balfour (née Campbell) (daughter)
- Lord Archibald Campbell (son)
- Lord Colin Campbell (son)
- Lord Walter Campbell (son)
- Lady Mary Glyn (née Campbell) (daughter)
- Lady Elisabeth Taylor (née Campbell) (daughter)
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