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CAMPBELL, JOHN, 1ST MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE, eldest son of Colin Campbell, Carwhin, [check county] and Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Campbell, Stonefield, Argyllshire, advocate; b. 30 Mar 1762; adm. 3 Apr 1771; his private tutor, Rev. Dr. George Campbell, the father of Lord Chancellor Campbell, “accompanied him to Westminster School, and lived several years with him in a house in Smith Street, Westminster” (Life of John, Lord Campbell, 1881, i, 5); succeeded his cousin as 4th Earl of Breadalbane (S) 26 Jan 1782; a Scottish Representative Peer 1784-1806; FRS 19 Feb 1784; raised a number of men at the beginning of the war with France; Ensign, Independent Co. Foot, 10 Jan 1795; Lieut., 24 Jan 1795; Capt., 116th Foot, 27 Jan 1795; Maj., 78th Foot, Apr 1795; Lieut. -Col. in the Army, and Col., 3rd bn., Breadalbane Regt. Fencibles, 17 Apr 1795; Col. in the Army 29 Apr 1802; Maj. -Gen., 25 Oct 1809; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; created Baron Breadalbane (UK) 13 Nov 1806, and Marquis of Breadalbane (UK) 12 Sep 1831; m. 3 Sep 1793 Mary Turner, eldest dau. of David Gavin, Langton, Berwickshire; d. 29 Mar 1834.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.