a royal, parliamentary, and municipal borough of Scotland, and chief town of Argyllshire, is situated on the west shore of Loch Fyne, at the lower end of a small bay where the River Aray falls into the loch, 40 miles N.W. of Glasgow. The town is small, consisting principally of a line of houses facing the loch, and another extending inland at right angles to it, and having a northern exposure. It originally stood on the north side of the bay, but was removed to its present site by Archibald, Duke of Argyll. Several elegant residences have recently been erected, and the houses are generally well built. The court-house is a handsome and commodious edifice. In a garden beside the church is a small obelisk in memory of several persons of the name of Campbell, who were executed there in 1685 for their opposition to popery. The staple trade is the herring fishery, the Loch Fyne herrings being celebrated for their excellence. Inverary was erected into a royal burgh in 1648 by Charles I, while a prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle. It is governed by a provost, 2 bailies, and 13 councillors, and unites with Ayr, Campbeltown, Oban, and Irvine in sending a member to parliament. Immediately N. of the town is Inverary Castle, the seat of the Duke of Argyll. It was commenced in 1748 by Duke Archibald, after a plan by Adam. It consists of two storeys and a sunk floor, flanked with round overtopping towers, and surmounted with a square winged pavilion. In the hall are preserved about 100 muskets that were "out in the forty-five." Pop. (1851) of parliamentary borough 1064; of municipal borough 1164.