John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

The 3rd Earl of Breadalbane.

John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland KB (10 March 1696 – 26 January 1782), styled Lord Glenorchy from 1716 until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician.

Background and education

Campbell was the son of John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Henrietta Villiers. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

He was Envoy to Denmark from 1718,[1] and ambassador to the Russian Empire from 1731. He was a Lord of the Admiralty in 1741 until the dissolution of Sir Robert Walpole's government the following year.

He was Member of Parliament for Saltash in 1727 and 1734, for Orford from 1741, and was a Scottish representative peer from 1752. He was Master of the Jewel Office from 174556, was awarded a DCL from Oxford University in 1756, and served as Justice in Eyre south of the Trent from 1756 to 1765 and Vice-Admiral of Scotland from 1776.

Family

Lord Breadalbane and Holland was married on 20 February 1717 to Lady Amabel de Grey, a daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent and Jemima Crew. Lady Amabel died on 2 March 1726 leaving 2 children:

The Earl married a second time to Arbella Pershall on 23 January 1730. They also had 2 children:

References

  1. D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Philip Lloyd
Edward Hughes
MP for Saltash
17271741
With: Philip Lloyd 1727-1734
Thomas Corbett 1734-1741
Succeeded by
Thomas Corbett
John Clevland
Preceded by
Lewis Barlow
John Cope
MP for Orford
17411746
With: Henry Bilson-Legge
Succeeded by
Henry Bilson-Legge
Hon. John Bateman
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Frederick Campbell
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
17651766
Succeeded by
James Stuart-Mackenzie
Preceded by
Hon. Henry Clinton
Master of the Jewel Office
17451756
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Lyttleton
Military offices
Preceded by
The Duke of Queensberry
Vice-Admiral of Scotland
17761782
Succeeded by
Lord William Gordon
Legal offices
Preceded by
The Lord Sandys
Justice in Eyre
south of Trent

17561765
Succeeded by
The Lord Monson
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
John Campbell
Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
17521782
Succeeded by
John Campbell
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