Baron Overtoun
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Baron Overtoun, of Overtoun in the County of Dumbarton, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 23 June 1893 for the Scottish churchman, politician and philanthropist John Campbell. Born John White, he assumed the surname of Campbell, which was that of his maternal grandfather, in lieu of his patronymic. The title became extinct on his death on 15 February 1908.
J. D. White, nephew of Lord Overtoun, represented Dunbartonshire
in Parliament.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created on 23 June 1893 for the Scottish churchman, politician and philanthropist John Campbell. Born John White, he assumed the surname of Campbell, which was that of his maternal grandfather, in lieu of his patronymic. The title became extinct on his death on 15 February 1908.
J. D. White, nephew of Lord Overtoun, represented Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950...
in Parliament.