Earl Cawdor
| Earldom Cawdor | |
|---|---|
heirs male of the body lawfully begotten | |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Emlyn Baron Cawdor |
| Status | Extant |
| Seat(s) | Cawdor Castle |
| Former seat(s) | Stackpole court |
| Motto | Over the crest: CANDIDUS CANTABIT MORIENS (The pure of heart shall sing when dying) Under the shield: BE MINDFUL |
Earl Cawdor, of
This branch of
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
As of 2014[update] the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the seventh Earl, who succeeded his father in 1993. He is also the 25th Thane of Cawdor.[2]
Several other members of this branch of the Campbell family may be mentioned. Sir George Campbell, younger brother of the first Baron, was an
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The family seat is
Barons Cawdor (1796)
- John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (1753–1821)
- John Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor (1790–1860) (created Earl Cawdor in 1827)
Earls Cawdor (1827)
- John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790–1860)
- John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (1817–1898)
- Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (1847–1911)
- Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor(1870–1914)
- John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor (1900–1970)
- Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor (1932–1993)
- Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor (b. 1962)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son James Chester Campbell, Viscount Emlyn (b. 1998).
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Cawdor". electricscotland.com.
- ^ a b c "Cawdor castle". ccsna.org.
- ^ "No. 13897". The London Gazette. 31 May 1796. p. 527.
- ^ "The death of the Earl of Cawdor". newspapers.library.wales. 9 November 1860.
- ^ "John Frederick Campell 1st Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin". geni.com.
- ^ "No. 18399". The London Gazette. 25 September 1827.
Further reading
- Davies, John E. The Changing Fortunes of a British Aristocratic Family: The Campbells of Cawdor and their Welsh Estates, 1689-1976 (Boydell Press, 2019, ISBN 9781783274345)
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [unreliable source?]
- Kidd, Charles (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 160A Fleet Street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 214.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 187.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor
- Cawdor Castle
- Cawdor Estate
