Earl of Camperdown
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The title of Viscount Duncan of Camperdown was created in 1797 for Adam Duncan, the hero of the naval Battle of Camperdown against the Franco-Dutch fleet, fought in that year. In 1831 the 2nd Viscount was created Earl of Camperdown. The titles became extinct upon the death of the 4th Earl in 1933.
The Earls and Viscounts also bore the subsidiary title of Baron Duncan (1797).
[edit] Viscounts Duncan of Camperdown (1797)
- Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731-1804)
- Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1785-1859), became Earl of Camperdown in 1831
