John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor

John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor FRS (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer and MP.

The Right Honourable The Earl Cawdor FRS DL
Portrait of Lord Cawdor by Thomas Lawrence
Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire
In office 1852–1860
Preceded by	The 3rd Lord Dynevor
Succeeded by	The 2nd Earl Cawdor
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1821–1860
Succeeded by	The 2nd Earl Cawdor
Member of Parliament for Carmarthen
In office 1813–1821
Preceded by	Sir George Campbell
Succeeded by	John Jones of Ystrad
Personal details
Born	8 November 1790 (1790-11-08)
Died	7 November 1860 (1860-11-08) (aged 69)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Lady Elizabeth Thynne
Children	7 (including John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor)
Parents	John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (father) Lady Caroline Howard (mother)
Alma mater	Eton College Christ Church, Oxford

He was born the son of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor and Lady Caroline Howard and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating BA in 1812. In 1827 he became Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn and Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in the county of Pembroke.

In June 1812, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.^[1] That same year, he stood for election to the House of Commons for Pembrokeshire after the sitting member, Lord Milford, stood down in his favour. Campbell was, however, defeated by Sir John Owen of Orielton.^[2]

He was MP for Carmarthen from 1813 to 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire from 1817 to 1860. He died on the eve of his 70th birthday from a gangrenous infection from a carbuncle on his right arm at his family estate at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire.^[3]

In 1831, at the Coronation of King William and Queen Adelaide, Earl Cawdor carried and presented the queen consort's ivory rod with dove.^[4]

Family

Elizabeth Campbell, Countess Cawdor by Thomas Lawrence

He married Lady Elizabeth Thynne, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, on 5 September 1816. She had previously been engaged to George Sackville, 4th Duke of Dorset, who died shortly. They had seven children:

1. John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (1817–1898).
2. Lady Emily Caroline Campbell (1819–1911), who married Octavius Duncombe. She served as a Lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria.^[5]
3. Lady Georgiana Isabella Campbell (1820-1884), who married John Balfour, of Balbirnie (1811-1895)
4. Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell (1822–1898), who married John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart
5. Lady Mary Louisa Campbell (1825–1916), who married George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere.
6. Reverend Hon. Archibald George Campbell (1827–1902).
7. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Walter Campbell (1835–1910).