William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell (15 October 1824 – 21 January 1893), was a British peer and

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politician. His father was the

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Background

Stratheden and Campbell was the eldest son of

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, and Mary Elizabeth, 1st Baroness Stratheden, daughter of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger. He was educated at

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and Balliol College, Oxford and

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. He was awarded his M.A. in 1846.

Political career

Stratheden and Campbell was elected

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for

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in 1847, a seat he held until 1852, and later represented Harwich from 1859 to 1860. The latter year he succeeded his mother in the barony of Stratheden and entered the House of Lords. The following year he also inherited the barony of Campbell on the death of his father.

Personal life

Lord Stratheden and Campbell dined at the Reform Club and had residences at

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and Stratheden House in

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. He died at

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, Surrey, on 15 January 1893, aged 66. He never married and was succeeded in the baronies by his younger brother, Hallyburton.

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