John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor FRS (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer and MP.
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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 1812. 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] That same year, he stood for election to the House of Commons for Pembrokeshire after the sitting member, Lord Milford, stood down in his favour. Campbell was, however, defeated by Sir John Owen of Orielton.[2]
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.[3]
Family
He had married Lady Elizabeth Thynne, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, on 5 September 1816. They had seven children:
- Lady Georgiana Campbell.
- John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (1817–1898).
- Lady Emily Caroline Campbell (1819–1911), who married Octavius Duncombe. She served as a Lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria.[4]
- Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell (1822–1898) – John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart
- Lady Mary Louisa Campbell (1825–1916), who married George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere.
- Reverend Hon. Archibald George Campbell (1827–1902).
- Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Walter Campbell (1835–1910).
References
- "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- Williams 1960, p. 38.
- "The Death of the Earl of Cawdor". Welshman. 9 November 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- "Key to Mr Leslie's picture of Queen Victoria receiving the Holy Sacrament at her Coronation". National Portrait Gallery.
Sources
- Williams, David (1960). "The Pembrokeshire Elections of 1831" (PDF). Welsh History Review. 1 (1): 37–64. Retrieved 9 March 2020.