Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor, along with the courtesy title Viscount Emlyn, of Emlyn in the County of Carmarthen. Campbell had previously represented Carmarthenshire in the House of Commons. The title Baron Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, was created in 1796 in the Peerage of Great Britain for the first Earl's father John Campbell, who had earlier represented Nairnshire and Cardigan in Parliament. They were both descendants of Sir John Campbell, third son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (from whom the Dukes of Argyll also descend). The present Earl Cawdor is also the 25th Thane of Cawdor. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Carmarthenshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was increased to two members for the 1832 general election. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... Cromartyshire and Nairnshire were alternating constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1832. ... Ceredigion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Gillespie Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (died September 9, 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. ... Arms of the Duke of Argyll since 1406 The title Duke of Argyll was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. ... Thegn or Thane, is an Anglo-Saxon word (þeg(e)n) meaning an attendant, servant, retainer or official. ...

The ancestral seat of this branch of the Campbell family is Cawdor Castle in Nairn. Cawdor Castle is a tower house set amid magnificent gardens in the parish of Cawdor, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Inverness and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Nairn in Scotland. ... Nairnshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic) is a small traditional county of Scotland, centred around Nairn, the traditional county town. ...

Barons Cawdor (1796)

• John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (1753-1821)
• John Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor (1790-1860) (created Earl Cawdor in 1827)

1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor was born before 1768 and died on 1 June 1821. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor was born on 8 November 1790 and died on 7 November 1860. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

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 son James Chester Campbell, Viscount Emlyn (b. 1998) Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor was born on 8 November 1790 and died on 7 November 1860. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor was born on 11 June 1817 and died on 29 March 1898. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (1847-1911) was a British Conservative politician. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor was born on 21 June 1870 and died on 7 January 1914. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor was born on 17 May 1900 and died in 1970. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor was born on 6 September 1932 and died on 20 June 1993. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor was born on 30 June 1962. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

See also

• Duke of Argyll

Arms of the Duke of Argyll since 1406 The title Duke of Argyll was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. ...

External links

• Cawor Castle
• Cawdor Estate