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Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll.
Dec 23, 2021 · Learn about the divorce case that rocked Britain in 1963, when the Duke of Argyll sued his wife Margaret for infidelity and produced Polaroid photos as evidence. Discover the identity of the headless man in the photos and why the case was so shocking for its time.
- Sarah Roller
Apr 22, 2022 · Margaret Campbell, formerly Sweeny, née Whigham (1912 - 1993), Duchess of Argyll, and Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (1903 - 1973), after their wedding at Caxton Hall in...
- Eloise Barry
May 8, 2024 · The case was a tabloid sensation which left the reputation of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, in tatters. After her husband accused her of sleeping with over 80 men behind his back, and a cache of Polaroid pictures of her with another man were found, she became known as the ‘Dirty Duchess.'
- Rebecca Cope
Apr 6, 2022 · Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, at an event with her friend, Lady Edith Foxwell, in 1959. Getty Images. “I thought he was such a bastard,” Margaret told George Hume in a 1990...
Dec 28, 2021 · Learn about the life and divorce of Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, who was at the centre of one of the most salacious trials in history. Find out what happened to her after the divorce, her children, and her legacy.
Dec 26, 2021 · Margaret Campbell, the famously beautiful Duchess of Argyll, had been a celebrity – and a source of scandal – from even before her debutante days. But she would be remembered for just one thing: the so-called ‘divorce of the century’, which ended her marriage to the Duke of Argyll in 1963.
