Mary Ann Campbell of Airds, who died 4 December, 2024, aged 84, was the widow of Alastair Lorne Campbell (1937-2022), 13th of Airds, head of that Scots landed gentry family.
She was born in 1940, elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick Campbell-Preston, MBE, DL (1911-1960), of that Scots landed family, by his wife Dame Frances Olivia Campbell-Preston, DCVO (1918-2022). His mother, who died at the age of 104, was one of the last witnesses to a vanished age. Not only was she Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s oldest surviving lady-in-waiting – she served Queen Elizabeth from 1965 until her death in 2002. She was also Joyce Grenfell’s sister-in-law, and her late husband, Patrick Campbell-Preston, was in Colditz with Douglas Bader. It was in 1965 that she was suddenly asked to be a Woman of the Bedchamber – or a lady-in-waiting – to the Queen Mother by Sir Martin Gilliat, Patrick Campbell-Preston’s fellow prisoner-of-war, who became the Queen Mother’s Private Secretary.
She married 18 September, 1960, Alastair Lorne Campbell (born 11 July, 1937), son of Brigadier Lorne Maclaine Campbell of Airds, VC (1902-1991), and his wife the former Amy Muriel Jordan Campbell (1905-1950). Her husband succeeded his father as head of that old Scots landed family, 25 May, 1991, and was a former Scottish officer of arms and author. Campbell of Airds was appointed Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1987. In 2008, he was appointed Islay Herald Extraordinary. As an active member of the Highland Society of London, Airds published a short history of the society in 1978. He was also author of several books on the history of Clan Campbell. He died 10 November, 2022, aged 85.
Mrs Campbell of Airds leaves issue, three sons, Hugh, John and James, and a daughter, Lucy.
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