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Argyll, archaically Argyle (Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic), is a region of western Scotland corresponding with ancient Dál Riata, and can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath. The early thirteenth century author of De Situ Albanie explains that "the name Arregathel means margin of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called Gattheli *, from their ancient warleader known as Gaithelglas." Argyll was a medieval Bishopric too, with its cathedral at Lismore, as well as an early modern Earldom and Duchy, the Duchy of Argyll.
County of Argyll or Argyllshire
It was also a county of Scotland until 1975, when Scottish counties were abolished for virtually all administrative purposes. At the time of abolition the county had boundaries as shown in the map herewith. In this form it is known also as Argyllshire. Argyll's neighbouring counties were Inverness-shire, Perthshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Bute. Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were the other side of the Firth of Clyde. Bute was a county of islands in the firth.
In 1975 Argyll became a local government district of the Strathclyde region, but boundaries were altered to include part of the former county of Bute and to exclude an area which became part of the Highland region. In 1996 the district became the Argyll and Bute unitary council area, with a change to boundaries to include part of the former Strathclyde district of Dumbarton.
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Gazetteer for Scotland: John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (9th Duke of Argyll) - Brief biographical profile.
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John Campbell, Duke of Argyll - Military career and honorary military appointments.
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John Douglas Sutherland Campbell - Portrait, brief biography, his words for the hymn Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up.
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National Portrait Gallery: John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll - List and descriptions of portraits held.
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