Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy was born in Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland as the son of Colin Campbell 3rd of Glenorchy and Lady Marjory Stewart of Atholl. He married Margaret Stewart Lady Glenorchy before 16 April 1548. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 11 April 1583, in Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland, and was buried in Finlarig Castle Mausoleum And Cemetery, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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