John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor

John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor

John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer 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 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.

In early 1812 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. 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.

He had married Lady Elizabeth Thynne, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the Honourable 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.
• 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

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Sources

• Williams, David (1960). "The Pembrokeshire Elections of 1831" (PDF). Welsh History Review. 1 (1): 37–64. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Cawdor