He rebuilt the house at Garscube in 1827, to a design by William Burn.
[1] He added Cumlodden, Blairwhoisk, Sommerson and Gartowhern to the family estate.
[2] The son of Sir Ilay Campbell and Susan Mary Murray,[3] he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1791, and in 1809 became a Senator of the College of Justice under the judicial title Lord Succoth.
He married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Balfour and Mary Gordon of Balbirnie, on 8 August 1794.
His grandson, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Argyllshire.