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Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (28 May 1841 – 5 June 1918), styled Viscount Duncan from 1859 to 1867, was a British

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politician.

Biography

Camperdown was the eldest son of Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown, and his wife Juliana (née Philips), and was educated at

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and

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. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1867 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the

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. The following year he was appointed a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) in

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's first administration, a post he held until 1870, and then served as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1870 to 1874. Lord Camperdown received an honorary doctorate ( LL.D.) from the

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in February 1902. The previous year he had become President of

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, then a college of St Andrews. He remained president of the college until his death. Lord Camperdown died in June 1918, aged 77. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother George.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camperdown, Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of 1841 births 1918 deaths British people of Scottish descent Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People associated with the University of Dundee Lords of the Admiralty