John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor
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John Campbell of Cawdor
, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin
(1753 – 1 June 1821) was the son of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon.
He married Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
and Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, on 28 July 1789. They had two children:
He was the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Cardigan Boroughs from a by-election in June 1780 to he stood down at the 1796 general election
.
He was the commander of the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry which defeated the Last invasion of Britain
in 1797
Cawdor
Cawdor is a village and parish in Nairnshire, Highland council area, Scotland. The village is situated 5 miles south south west of Nairn, and 12 miles from Inverness.-History:The village is the location of Cawdor Castle, the seat of the Earl Cawdor....
, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin
Castlemartin
Castlemartin may refer to:*Castlemartin House and Estate, County Kildare, Ireland*Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, a village in Wales*Castlemartin , a former administrative unit in Wales named after the village...
(1753 – 1 June 1821) was the son of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon.
He married Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, KG, KT, PC was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....
and Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, on 28 July 1789. They had two children:
- John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl CawdorJohn Campbell, 1st Earl CawdorJohn 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 College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating BA in 1912...
(1790–1860) - Rear Admiral George Pryse Campbell (1793–12 August 1858), married on 13 October 1821 Charlotte Gascoyne, daughter of Isaac GascoyneIsaac GascoyneIsaac Gascoyne was a British Army officer and Tory politician. He was the son of Bamber Gascoyne and Mary Green and was educated at Felsted School....
He was the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Cardigan Boroughs from a by-election in June 1780 to he stood down at the 1796 general election
British general election, 1796
The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...
.
He was the commander of the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry which defeated the Last invasion of Britain
Last invasion of Britain
The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, which took place between 22 February and 24 February 1797, was the most recent effort by a foreign force that was able to land on Britain, and thus is...
in 1797