Campbell baronets of Succoth (1808) explained
The Campbell baronetcy, of Succoth in the County of Dumbarton, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 September 1808 for Ilay Campbell, Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General between 1789 and 1808 under the judicial title Lord Succoth.[1] The second Baronet was a Senator of the College of Justice, also under the judicial title Lord Succoth. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Argyllshire.[2]
The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 2017.
Campbell baronets, of Succoth (1808)
Extended family
John Campbell, son of the second Baronet and father of the third and fourth Baronets, sat as Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 101–102.
- Book: John Wodehouse (Earl of Kimberley) . The Journal of John Wodehouse First Earl of Kimberley, 1862-1902 . 1997 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62328-5 . 193 note 523 . en.
- Book: Burke . John . A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1832 . H. Colburn and R. Bentley . 201 . en.
- Web site: Campbell, John I (1798-1830), of Succoth, Dunbarton., History of Parliament Online . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.