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In 1406, Brodick Castle was heavily damaged by an English force that sailed into Brodick Bay. More damage followed in 1455 when John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, attacked. By 1510, the Earl of Arran had rebuilt the castle, but it later faced further troubles at the hands of the Campbells and the MacLeans. During the "Rough Wooing" of Mary, Queen of Scots, Brodick castle was attacked by an English force led by the Earl of Lennox on behalf of Henry VIII, in revenge for the actions of the 2nd Earl. In 1639, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, was the de facto ruler of Scotland and leader of the presbyterian faction. Argyll seized Hamilton's castle of Brodick. Hamilton was made a Duke in 1643 and recovered his castle the following year at the outbreak of the Scottish Civil War.

In 1906 after more than five hundred tumultuous years Brodick passed out of the Hamilton family.
It is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.