John Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Earl Cawdor
Honorific Suffix:TD FSAScot FRGS
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start:1914
Term End:1970
Predecessor:The 4th Earl Cawdor
Successor:The 6th Earl Cawdor
Birth Date:6 September 1932
Death Date:20 June 1993
Occupation:landowner, military officer, politician
Relatives:Clan Campbell of Cawdor
Children:
Father:Hugh Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor
Mother:Joan Thynne

John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, TD FSAScot FRGS (17 May 1900 – 9 January 1970), styled Viscount Emlyn between 1911 and 1914, was a Scots-Welsh nobleman.

Campbell was the son of Hugh Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor and Joan Emily Mary Thynne. He fought in the First World War, with the Royal Navy and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He fought in World War II as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was mentioned in despatches. He was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Lord Cawdor married, firstly, Wilma Mairi Vickers (1906–1982), daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers, on 15 May 1929. They had three children:

They were divorced in 1961.[5] He married, secondly, Elizabeth Topham Richardson, daughter of John Topham Richardson (1850–1934) of Harps Oak, Merstham, Surrey, and Katharine Rose Richardson, née Smyth (1863–1945), on 29 June 1961.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Peerage: Caroline Mairi Campbell. The Peerage . 2019-03-14.
  2. Web site: The Peerage: Caroline Mairi Campbell Friesen . Find a Grave . 2019-03-14.
  3. Web site: The Peerage: Hugh John Vaughan Campbell of Cawdor, 6th Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin. The Peerage . 2019-03-14.
  4. Web site: The Peerage: Hon. James Alexander Campbell. The Peerage . 2019-03-14.
  5. Web site: The Peerage: Wilma Mairi Vickers . The Peerage . 2019-03-14.