Col. Robert William Piggot Clarke Preston (later Campbell-Preston), 14th of Valleyfield, 11th of Ardchattan, JP, DL

1865 - 1929  (64 years)

• Name	Robert William Piggot Clarke Preston (later Campbell-Preston)  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Suffix	14th of Valleyfield, 11th of Ardchattan, JP, DL
  Born	17 Jun 1865	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Employment	1894-1896	New Zealand
  	ADC to Lord Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand,
  Military Service	1900-1901	South Africa
  	Boer War
  Military Service	1914-1918
  	Commander of 3rd Regiment Black Watch
  Died	27 Oct 1929
  Person ID	I10380	Clan current
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Rev. William Clarke Preston, 13th of Valleyfield,   b. 10 Jul 1810, Scotland ,   d. Dec 1870  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Anne Charity Piggot,   b. Abt 1830,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 May 1850  [1]
  Family ID	F5646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne, M.B.E., J.P.,   b. 1884,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Jun 1905	Ardchattan Priory, Bonawe, Argyll, Scotland   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Charity Campbell-Preston,   b. 2 Mar 1906, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Marryel Hope Campbell-Preston,   b. 1907, UK ,   d. 1935  (Age 28 years) + 3. Lt-Col. Robert M. T. Campbell-Preston, 12th of Ardchattan,   b. 1909, UK ,   d. 1996  (Age 87 years) + 4. Lt-Col. George Patrick Campbell-Preston, M.B.E.,   b. 1911, UK ,   d. 1960  (Age 49 years) + 5. Margaret Fleetwood Campbell-Preston,   b. 1916, UK ,   d. 1994  (Age 78 years)   6. Maj. Thomas Colin Ernest Campbell-Preston, M.C.,   b. 1918, UK ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F5650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1 - Ardchattan eventually descended through the daughter of Thomas, to the Clarke family of Comrie and thence to the Preston family of Valleyfield. Robert William Piggott Clarke Preston adopted the surname Campbell-Preston when he succeeded to the estate in 1878. National Register of Archives of Scotland RepCode 800001 RefNo NRAS934 Repository Private Title Campbell-Preston Family, of Ardchattan, Argyll Date 1581-20th Century ArchivalHist This collection relates to the estates of Ardchattan in Argyll and Gatcombe on the Isle of Wight. [ Papers of Col. Robert Clarke Campbell-Preston (1865-1929), as ADC to Lord Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand, 1894-96, serving in South Africa, 1900-1901, and as commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion the Black Watch, 1914-1918.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Barons of Arrochar, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, Chapt. 18 (Reliability: 3). [S460] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), downloaded 28 September 2005 (Reliability: 3), 28 Sep 2005.