| The Most Honourable The Marquess of Breadalbane KG, PC, JP, DL |
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| "The Queen's Lord Steward". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1894. | |
| Lord Steward of the Household | |
| In office 25 August 1892 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Pembroke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1851 Fermoy, County Cork |
| Died | 19 October 1922 Glasgow, Lanarkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Alma Graham (1854-1932) |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane KG, PC, JP, DL (9 April 1851 – 19 October 1922), styled Lord Glenorchy between 1862 and 1871 and known as The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland between 1871 and 1885, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician.
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Campbell was born at Fermoy, County Cork, the eldest son of John Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, by Mary Theresa, daughter of John Edwards, of Dublin. He was educated at St Andrews. After his father succeeded in the earldom of Breadalbane and Holland in 1862, Campbell became known by the courtesy title Lord Glenorchy.[1]
Glenorchy served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and as a Captain in the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry from 1873 to 1874. He was an Aide-de-Camp to the King. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1871. As this was a Scottish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. However, in 1873 he was created Baron Breadalbane, of Kenmure in the County of Perth,[2] in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. Already the same year he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting in the Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone.[3] The Liberals fell from power in 1874[4] but returned to office in 1880, when Breadalbane was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household by Gladstone,[5] a post he held until 1885.[6] The latter year he was created Earl of Ormelie, in the County of Caithness, and Marquess of Breadalbane, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[7]
Lord Breadalbane died not serve in Gladstone's brief 1886 administration, but once again held office as Lord Steward of the Household from 1892[8] to 1895, firstly under Gladstone and from 1894 under the premiership of Lord Rosebery. In 1894 he was appointed a Knight of the Garter.[9] He also served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1893, 1894 and 1895 and as Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1914 until 1922 and was the last holder of the office of Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, which he held from 1907 until his death in 1922. He was a Knight of the Order of the Seraphim and of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society. He was also a Brigadier-General of the Royal Company of Archers.
Lord Breadalbane married Lady Alma Imogen Carlotta Leonore Graham, the youngest daughter of James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, in 1872. They had no children. He died at the Central Station Hotel in Glasgow in October 1922, aged 71, and was buried at Finlarig. The barony of Breadalbane, earldom of Ormelie and marquessate of Breadalbane became extinct on his death, while he was succeeded in his Scottish titles by his nephew, Iain Edward Herbert Campbell, 8th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland. The Marchioness of Breadalbane died in May 1932, aged 77.[1]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Marquess of Huntly |
Lord-in-Waiting 1873–1874 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Dunmore |
| Preceded by Lord Henry Thynne |
Treasurer of the Household 1880–1885 |
Succeeded by Viscount Folkestone |
| Preceded by The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
Lord Steward of the Household 1892–1895 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Pembroke |
| Preceded by The Earl of Leven |
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland 1907–1922 |
Succeeded by Vacant |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Argyll |
Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire 1914–1922 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Argyll |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by John Alexander Gavin Campbell |
Earl of Breadalbane 1871–1922 |
Succeeded by Iain Edward Herbert Campbell |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Breadalbane 1873–1922 |
Extinct |
| Marquess of Breadalbane 1885–1922 |
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