Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
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Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (1847-1911) was a British Conservative politician. Was the son of John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor and Sarah Mary Compton-Cavendish. He served briefly as First Lord of the Admiralty under Balfour.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was Conservative Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire from 1874 to 1885. He succeeded to the Earldom in 1898. He took a leading part in the conservative opposition to Lloyd George's budget of 1909 and in drafting resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords in 1910.
He took an active part in Pembrokeshire local affairs, and as Chairman of the Great Western Railway from 1895 to 1905 greatly improved the service. He was also President of the Institute of Naval Architects from 1905.
He married Edith Georgiana Turnor, daughter of Christopher Turnor, on 16 September 1868. They had ten children:
- Edith Aline Caroline Campbell (1869-1944)
- Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor (1870-1914)
- Reverend Hon. Nigel Campbell (1873-1951)
- Lady Mabel Marjorie Campbell (1876-1966)
- Lt.-Col. Ralph Alexander Campbell (1877-1945)
- Lady Lilian Katherine Campbell (1879-1918)
- Elidor Ronald Campbell (1881-1957)
- Colonel Ian Malcolm Campbell (1883-1962)
- Major Eric Octavius Campbell (1885-1918)
- Muriel Dorothy Campbell (1887-1934)
| Preceded by The Earl of Selborne |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1905 |
Succeeded by The Lord Tweedmouth |
| Preceded by John Frederick Campbell |
Earl Cawdor | Succeeded by Hugh Frederick Campbell |
