John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (19 November 1662 – 23 February 1752) a Scottish
nobleman
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born in
Breadalbane to
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1636 – 19 March 1717), known as Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet from 1670 to 1681, was a Scottish politician. Heavily involved in the Glorious Revolution and Jacobitism, Jacobite risings, he w ...
and
Lady Mary Rich.
In 1685 he married Lady Frances Cavendish, daughter of
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Lord Henry Cavendish until 1659 and Viscount Mansfield from 1659 to 1676, was an English politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1660 unt ...
and
Lady Frances Pierrepont. With no issue Lady Frances died on 4 February 1690.
On 23 May 1695 the Earl married a second time to Henrietta Villiers, daughter of
Edward Villiers and
Lady Frances Howard. They had three children including
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland Order of the Bath, KB (10 March 1696 – 26 January 1782), styled Lord Glenorchy from 1716 until 1752, was a British politician and diplomat who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from ...
.
The Earl was commonly referred to as Lord Glenorchy. On 19 March 1717 he succeeded his father as the 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland. He also could claim other titles such as the 6th Baronet Campbell of Glenorchy; 2nd Viscount of Tay and Paintland; and 2nd Lord Glenorchy, Benederaloch, Ormelie and Weick.
From 1725 to 1752 he was the
Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire. The office was replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross in 1975.
* John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl 17 March 1794 – 29 September 1830
* Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11t ...
and from 1736 to 1747 he held the office of Representative Peer. From 1746 until his death in 1752 he was Chief Justice in Eyre.
Owing to his eccentricity he was known as "Old Rag".
References
*Wilson, John, and Thomas Maclauchlan. ''A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments.'' Edinburgh: Fullarton, 1875. (pp. 187–88
googlebooks Retrieved 25 July 2008
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1662 births
1752 deaths
Nobility from Perth and Kinross
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Scottish representative peers
18th-century Scottish politicians
Lord-lieutenants of Perthshire
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