John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor

John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (1753 – 1 June 1821), was a British politician.

Campbell was the son of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon. He was Member of Parliament for Cardigan Boroughs from a by-election in June 1780 until he stood down at the 1796 general election.[1][2] The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke. He was the commander of the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry which defeated the Last invasion of Britain in 1797.

Lord Cawdor 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:

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 589. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Johnes		 Member of Parliament for Cardigan Boroughs
1780 – 1796		 Succeeded by
Hon. John Vaughan
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Baron Cawdor
1796–1821		 Succeeded by
John Frederick Campbell