John Campbell
August 06, 1845 – May 02, 1914
Countries:
Canada, United Kingdom
Place of Birth:
London, United Kingdom
Place of Death:
Cowes, United Kingdom
Categories:
Poetry
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known before 1900, was a British nobleman and was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife, for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, "Unto the hills around do I lift up" and for the frequency with which the name "Lorne" is given to male children in Canada, a custom uncommon elsewhere.
He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife, for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, "Unto the hills around do I lift up" and for the frequency with which the name "Lorne" is given to male children in Canada, a custom uncommon elsewhere.