Campbell, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1914 (9th Duke of Argyll | Marquis of Lorne | 4th Governor General of Canada )
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Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile', 3 June 1887
Account of a trip to Ìle/ Islay entitled 'Iain Og Ile' in which Alexander Carmichael describes how he travelled there and his meeting with the Marquis of Lorne before the inauguration of the monument to Iain Òg Ìle [John Francis Campbell of Islay]. He notes the afterdinner speakers, describing his own speech as 'a bungled affair', and also describes Islay House, noting the gardener as Thomas Hill and his connections with the Campbells of Islay.