Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
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Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor PC (13 February 1847 – 8 February 1911), known as Viscount Emlyn from 1860 to 1898, was a British Conservative politician.
Cawdor was the eldest son of John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor and his wife Sarah Mary Compton-Cavendish. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was Conservative Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire from 1874 to 1885. He succeeded in the earldom in 1898 and served briefly under Arthur Balfour as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Cawdor 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 was also involved in Pembrokeshire local affairs, and as Chairman of the Great Western Railway from 1895 to 1905 greatly improved the service.
Lord Cawdor married Edith Georgiana Turnor, daughter of Christopher Turnor, on 16 September 1868. They had ten children. He died in February 1911, aged 63, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Hugh. Lady Cawdor died in 1926.
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- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Edward John Sartoris |
Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire with John Jones 1874–1880 Walter Rice Howell Powell 1880–1885 1874–1885 |
Constituency abolished |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Selborne |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1905 |
Succeeded by The Lord Tweedmouth |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Kensington |
Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire 1896–1911 |
Succeeded by The Lord St Davids |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by John Frederick Campbell |
Earl Cawdor 1898–1911 |
Succeeded by Hugh Frederick Campbell |
