Baron Stratheden and Campbell
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. The titles were created in 1836 and 1841 respectively. The barony of Stratheden was created for the Hon. Mary, Lady Campbell, wife of the prominent lawyer and Whig politician Sir John Campbell
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell PC, KC was a British Liberal politician, lawyer, and man of letters.-Background and education:...
, and daughter of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger
James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger
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. Sir John Campbell, who in 1836 served as Attorney-General
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in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne
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, had twice been overlooked for the office of Master of the Rolls
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, and was about to tender his resignation to Melbourne as a result of this. However, he was talked out of resigning when it was decided that, in recognition of the value of his services, his wife should be raised to the peerage. Five years later he was himself created Baron Campbell on his appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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. He later held office as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
Both Lady Stratheden and Lord Campbell were succeeded by their eldest son, the second Baron. He had previously represented Cambridge
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and Harwich
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in the House of Commons
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as a Liberal
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. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. On his death the titles passed to his grandson, the fourth Baron. He was a Brigadier
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in the army. He had no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. the titles are held by the latter's son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 1987. He lives in Australia
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Barons Stratheden (1836)
- Mary Elizabeth Campbell, 1st Baroness Stratheden (1796–1860)
- William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and CampbellWilliam Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and CampbellWilliam Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell , was a British peer and Liberal politician.-Background:...
(1824–1893) - Hallyburton George Campbell, 3rd Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1829–1918)
- Hon. John Beresford Campbell (1866–1915)
- Donald Campbell (1896–1916)
- Alistair Campbell, 4th Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1899–1981)
- Gavin Campbell, 5th Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1901–1987)
- Donald Campbell, 6th Baron Stratheden and Campbell (b. 1934 - 2011)
- David Campbell 7th Baron Stratheden and Campbell (b. 1963)
- Bec Campbell The Hon. (b. 1995)
Barons Campbell (1841)
- John Campbell, 1st Baron CampbellJohn Campbell, 1st Baron CampbellJohn Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell PC, KC was a British Liberal politician, lawyer, and man of letters.-Background and education:...
(1779–1861) - William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and CampbellWilliam Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and CampbellWilliam Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell , was a British peer and Liberal politician.-Background:...
(1824–1893)
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