John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, 1762 - 1834. Soldier and statesman
about 1822
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At the age of twenty John Campbell inherited the earldom of Breadalbane from a distant cousin. He also became the owner of Taymouth Castle, the family seat, and the vast surrounding Perthshire estates. By the age of forty he had already spent well over #50,000 demolishing William Adam's eighteenth-century house and creating a magnificent Gothic revival castle. He continued to spend lavishly on both building and agricultural improvements ? particularly in planting larch and Scots firs on land previously considered barren.
