Excerpt from Some Account of John, Duke of Argyll and His Family James earl OF bute, my grandfather, married Lady Anne Campbell, the Sister of his two chief friends, John Duke of Argyll, and Archibald Earl of Islay; and, dying early, appointed them guardians Of his children. My father, who went to Eton school at seven years Old, returned no more to Scotland till almost a man; but passed his holidays at the home Of one of his uncles, most frequently at that Of the Duke, with whose daughter he was therefore bred up as a brother. The early history Of the Duke and Duchess, a very singular one, was Often told me by my mother, who, besides the fragments of it that general report and family tradition could furnish, had gathered its minutest details from two of their contemporary friends - Lady Suffolk (concerning whom see Lord Orford) and Mrs. Kingdon, a remarkable person, still living in my mother's days, and at past ninety years Old retaining all her faculties, although thought a little ancient, according to Swift, when maid of honour to Queen Anne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.