The title of Baron Archibald was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1949. The 2nd Baron disclaimed the peerage upon his succession in 1975, and the peerage became extinct upon his death in 1996.
Archibald the Grim was succeeded by his eldest son,Archibald, 4 Th Earl Of Douglas, ist duke of Touraine, lord of Galloway and Annandale (1372-1424), who married in 1390 Lady Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter of John, earl of Carrick, afterwards King Robert III.
Archibald, 5th Earl Of Douglas (C. 1 39 1 - 1 439), succeeded to his father's English and Scottish honours, though he never touched the revenues of Touraine.
The younger son, Archibald, 3rd Marquess (1694-1761), was created duke of Douglas in 1703, but the dukedom became extinct on his death, without heirs, in 1761.
Archibald, second earl of Argyle, the issue of marriage, was constituted by king James the fourth in the year 1495 lord chamberlain of the houshold and 1498 master of the houshold.
Archibald, fourth earl of Argyle, his son, distinguished himself at the battle of Pinkey 10 September 1547, and was one of the earliest converts to the protestant religion.
This nobleman was born 30 June 1744, elected 1768 and 1774 to represent the borough of Bossiney in the county of Cornwall, and constituted 15 June 1772 lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Glamorgan.
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