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Surnames: Calder
Classification: Biography
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The Thanes (a title) of Cawdor began about 1295 and the spelling went back and forth
usually between Cawdor and Calder. William, the 6th Thane, was the builder of Cawdor
Castle near Nairn, Scotland.
John, the 7th Thane, died in 1498 leaving a young daughter, Muriel Calder, as heiress.
Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll, had Muriel married to his third son, who then was
known as Sir John Campbell of Cawdor.
This is how the Calder name became part of the Campbell clan known as Campbells of
Cawdor.
A fictionalized love story of this marriage is the subject of Kathryn Lynn Davis'
paperback book "Child of Awe" published by Pocket Books in 1987.