| Earldom of Cawdor | |
|---|---|
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| Creation date | 5 October 1827 |
| Created by | King George IV |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor |
| Present holder | Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor |
| Heir apparent | James Campbell, Viscount Emlyn |
| Remainder to | The 1st Earl'sheirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Emlyn Baron Cawdor |
| Status | Extant |
| Seat | Cawdor Castle |
| Former seat | Stackpole Court |
| Motto | Over the crest:Candidus cantabit moriens (The pure of heart shall sing when dying) Under the shield: "Be Mindful" |
| Arms | Quarterly 1st Or a Hart's Head caboshed Sable, attired Gules (Cawder);2nd Gyronny of eight Or and Sable (Campbell);3rd Argent a Lymphad, sails furled Sable, flagged Gules (Lorne);4th parted per fess Azure and Gules, a cross Or (Lort). |
Earl Cawdor, ofCastlemartin in theCounty of Pembroke, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for the politicianJohn Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor.
This Welsh branch ofClan Campbell of Cawdor descends from Sir John Campbell (died 1546),[1] third son ofArchibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll (whose eldest sonColin was the ancestor of theDukes of Argyll; see the latter title for earlier history of the family).[2] His descendantPryse Campbell[1] (d. 1768) representedNairnshire in theHouse of Commons. His sonJohn Campbell wasMember of Parliament for Nairnshire andCardigan. In 1796, he was raised to thePeerage of Great Britain asBaron Cawdor, ofCastlemartin in theCounty of Pembroke.[3]
He was succeeded by his eldest son,[4] the second Baron.[5] He representedCarmarthenshire in Parliament and served asLord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. In 1827, he was createdViscount Emlyn, ofEmlyn in theCounty of Carmarthen, andEarl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke.[6] These titles were in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Earl, was Member of Parliament forPembrokeshire and Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He was aConservative politician and served briefly asFirst Lord of the Admiralty in 1905. Lord Cawdor was alsoLord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire and Chairman of theGreat Western Railway.
The titles are held by the seventh Earl, who succeeded his father in 1993. He is also the 25thThane of Cawdor.[2]
Several other members of this branch of the Campbell family may be mentioned. Sir George Campbell, younger brother of the first Baron, was anadmiral in theRoyal Navy. The Hon. George Pryse Campbell,[1] second son of the first Baron, was arear-admiral in the Royal Navy.Brigadier-GeneralJohn Vaughan Campbell, who was awarded theVictoria Cross in 1916, was the second son of Captain the Hon. Ronald George Elidor Campbell, second son of the second Earl.[1] Colonel the Hon. Ian Malcoln Campbell, third son of the third Earl, wasLord Lieutenant of Nairnshire.Liza Campbell is the second daughter of the sixth Earl.
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The family seat isCawdor Castle nearCawdor, Nairnshire, associated also with the ancient titleThane of Cawdor.[2] Other family seats in the past includedGolden Grove in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which was bequeathed toJohn Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor by his friend,John Vaughan, after his death in 1804, and alsoStackpole Court in Pembrokeshire, Wales, acquired by the marriage of Alexander Campbell to Elizabeth Lort.
Theheir apparent is the present holder's son James Chester Campbell, Viscount Emlyn (b. 1998).
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