George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) was a British aristocrat, politician and scholar. He served in Henry Temple Palmerston's Cabinet as Lord Privy Seal from 1855 to 1865, and during the American War of Secession. A rock-ribbed enemy of slavery, the Duke of Argyll strongly opposed Palmerston's decision to extend diplomatic recognition and military protection to the Confederate States in 1862.