Ruthless Facts About Ian Campbell, The Duke Of Scandal
Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman who spent his life in pursuit of money. Whether he was fishing for a rich wife or Spanish doubloons, Campbell was always on the lookout for a payday.
But, instead of finding his riches, this Scottish peer only managed to find a cupboard full of scandals. Read these egregious facts about Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll.
1. He Was Noble Adjacent
Ian Douglas Campbell was born in June of 1903 in Paris, France. His father was Douglas Walter Campbell, a member of the Scottish Clan Campbell. His mother was an American, Aimee Marie Suzanne Lawrence.
Even though he had close ties to nobility, it didn’t look like he was going to be living the life of an aristocrat. At least, not a rich one.
2. He Was Bi-lingual
Campbell grew up mostly between France and America. He attended school in Milton, Massachusetts and grew up speaking both French and English. He later attended Christ Church, Oxford.
To this point, Ian Campbell was a long way from the scandalizing tabloid headlines of his mid-life. There aren’t many records of his youth but, given his later money troubles, he must not have excelled at math...
3. He Had An Ace Up His Sleeve
Casinos are a great place to get lucky and score big—even if it’s not at the slot machines. Campbell, for example, was unlucky with the cards but he had a different kind of ace up his sleeve.
While gambling his fortune away, Campbell met Janet Gladys Aitken, a British-Canadian socialite, at a casino in Le Touquet, France.
You might say he hit the jackpot.
4. He Was A Gambler
Early on, Campbell developed a reputation as a man who liked to take risks. Of course, most of those risks never paid off. Everyone in the aristocratic circles that Campbell traveled in knew that he was a rapacious gambler. He just wasn’t a very lucky one. But that didn’t stop Aitken from taking her chances with the French-born Scotsman. She had no clue what she was getting herself into.
