John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin, was born 8 November 1790 in United Kingdom to John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (c1753-1821) and Isabella Caroline Howard (1771-1848) and died 7 November 1860 Stackpole Court, Stackpole Estate, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Thynne (1795-1866) 5 September 1816 in Grosvenor Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor was a British earl and MP.
He was born the son of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor and Lady Caroline Howard and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating BA in 1912. In 1827 he became Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn and Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in the county of Pembroke.
In June 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]
He was MP for Carmarthen from 1813 to 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire from 1817 to 1860. He died on his family estate at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
John F. V. Campbell, 2nd Earl of Cawdor (1817-1898) | 11 June 1817 Grosvenor Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 29 March 1898 Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom | Sarah Mary Compton-Cavendish (1813-1881) |
Emily Caroline Campbell (1819-1911) | |||
Georgiana Isabel Campbell (1820-1884) | 1 May 1820 | 3 December 1884 | John Balfour, 7th of Balbirnie (1811-1895) |
Elizabeth Lucy Campbell (1822-1898) | |||
Mary Louisa Campbell (1825-1916) | |||
Archibald George Campbell (1827-1902) | |||
William Henry Campbell (1829-1830) | |||
Blanche Charlotte Campbell (1831-1831) | |||
Adelaide Campbell (1832-1833) | |||
Henry Walter Campbell (1835-1910) | 23 March 1835 St George Hanover Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 7 December 1910 | Fanny Georgina Campbell (c1839-1934) |
Elizabeth's wedding was reported thus in the Perthshire Advertiser of 7 July 1842, page 4[2]:
- At St George's, Hanover Square, London, on the 28th ultimo, the Earl of Desart, to Lady Elizabeth Campbell, third daughter of the Earl of Cawdor.
References
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=12&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27campbell%27%29. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000458%2f18420707%2f062
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Cawdor
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by George Campbell |
Member of Parliament for Carmarthen 1813–1821 |
Succeeded by John Jones |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by The Lord Dynevor |
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire 1852–1860 |
Succeeded by The Earl Cawdor |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Earl Cawdor 1827–1860 |
Succeeded by John Frederick Campbell |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by John Campbell |
Baron Cawdor 1821–1860 |
Succeeded by John Frederick Campbell |
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