Capt Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds, who died 10 November, 2022, aged 85, was a former Scottish officer of arms and author.
He was appointed Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1987. In 2008 he was appointed Islay Herald Extraordinary. He was a member of the Highland Society of London, and he published a short history of the Society in 1978. He has also written several books on the history of Clan Campbell.
Alastair Lorne Campbell was born in London, 11 July, 1937, son of Brigadier Lorne Maclaine Campbell of Airds, VC, DSO (1902-1991), of Airds, Argyll, and his wife the former Amy Muriel Jordan Campbell (1905-50), scion of the Campbells of Auchendarroch.
He married 18 April, 1960, Mary Ann Campbell-Preston (born 1940), scion of that landed family, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick Campbell-Preston (1911-1960), and his wife the former Frances Olivia Grenfell, DCVO, scion of that landed family, who was Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1965-2002.
He leaves issue, three sons and a daughter.
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