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Authorised form of nameCampbell; John (c 1755 - 1821); Baron Cawdor
Datesc 1755 - 1821
Place of deathGreat Pulteney Street, Bath
Date of death01 June 1821
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Bath Abbey (09 June 1821)
ActivityCareer:
MP for County Nairn (1777-1780); MP for Cardigan (1780-1796)
Honours:
Baron Cawdor 1796
Memberships:
FSA (1794)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1795
RelationshipsEldest son of Pryse Campbell of Stackpools Court and his wife Sarah, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon; married (27 July 1789) Lady Carolina Howard, eldest daughter of Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle; their son was John Frederick Campbell (FRS 1812)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA2996
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1795/15Campbell, John, Baron Cawdor: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/391/235Bond of John Campbell to the Treasurer of the Royal Society25 June 1795
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