He was a son of Thomas Campbell of Lundy, a son of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Isabella Stewart, who was a daughter of John Stewart, Lord Lorne.
He was a founder member of the Scottish College of Justice, and treasurer for James V.[1] Campbell was Master of Household to Mary of Guise in 1546, when she lived at Stirling Castle with her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots.
[3] He went with Regent Arran and the Justice Clerk, John Bellenden of Auchnoule, to hold a justiciary court in Aberdeen in June and July 1552.
They were entertained by the court musicians and a fool called Robertson, and Arran's cook Robert Bennet prepared their food.
His second wife was Agnes Home, widow of William Sinclair of Roslin.