Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor, DL (born 30 June 1962), is a Scottish peer and architect. He is also known for having had legal issues with his stepmother Countess Cawdor. He is the elder son and third child of

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, and his first wife Cathryn Hinde. He married Lady Isabella Rachel Stanhope (born 1 October 1966), youngest daughter of

William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington William Henry Leicester Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington (24 August 1922 – 12 April 2009), was a British army captain and peer. Early life and education Stanhope was the son of Charles Stanhope, 10th Earl of Harrington, and Margaret Trelawne ...

, and (his only daughter by) his third wife Priscilla Margaret Cubitt, herself granddaughter of the 2nd Baron Ashcombe, on 21 October 1994. Lady Cawdor is a former ''

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'' fashion editor and stylist who has now turned to interior decorating. Lord and Lady Cawdor have four children: *

Lady Jean Campbell Lady Jean Violet Campbell (born 31 May 1997) is a British fashion model. Early life Campbell was born in Westminster, London. She is the daughter of Scottish peer Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor and Lady Isabella Stanhope, a former ''British ...

(b. 31 May 1997) *James Chester Campbell, Viscount Emlyn (b. 8 July 1998) *Lady Eleanor Campbell (b. 2000) *Lady Beatrice Campbell (b. 2004) In 2007, ''Vogue'' considered the Earl and Countess Cawdor to be among the best-dressed couples.They appeared on the 68th list. Se

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On 23 June 2013 ''

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'' quoted one of Campbell's elder sisters, Liza Campbell, in an article that described the laws of male

primogeniture Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...

and male-preference primogeniture as a legacy instance of sexism, "The posh aspect of it blinds people to what is essentially sexism in a privileged minority, where girls are born less than boys." Lord Cawdor is a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for

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and the current Vice-Lord Lieutenant.

References

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* * Unknown
" Out, out, damn GMOs"
article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' published 21 July 2001. * Liza Campbel
" I'm not just a chromosomal faux pas"
in ''The Daily Telegraph'' published 19 January 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2007. * Martin Hodgson and Stephen Khan

published in ''The Independent'' on 4 June 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawdor, Colin Campbell, 7th Earl 1962 births Deputy Lieutenants Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Living people 20th-century Scottish architects 7 21st-century Scottish architects