Son of the fifth duke; he was Whig MP for St. Germans (1790-96) before succeeding to the title in 1806.

REFERENCES TO George William Campbell, sixth duke of Argyll:

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 March 1802 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Matthew Gregory Lewis to Lady Melbourne, [October 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 16 September 1812 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 March 1831 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 February 1832 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 June 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 24 July 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)