John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, TD FSAScot

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(17 May 1900 – 9 January 1970), styled Viscount Emlyn between 1911 and 1914, was a Scots-

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nobleman. Campbell was the son of Hugh Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor and Joan Emily Mary Thynne. He fought in the

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, with the

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and was awarded the

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. He fought in

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as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was mentioned in despatches. He was invested as a Fellow of the

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, the

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and the

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. Lord Cawdor married, firstly, Wilma Mairi Vickers (1906–1982), daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers, on 15 May 1929. They had three children: * Lady Caroline Mairi Campbell (1930–1977), had issue. * Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor (1932–1993), had issue. * Hon. James Alexander Campbell (1942–2019), had issue, four daughters. They were divorced in 1961. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Topham Richardson, daughter of John Topham Richardson (1850–1934) of Harps Oak, Merstham, Surrey, and Katharine Rose Richardson, née Smyth (1863–1945), on 29 June 1961.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawdor, John Campbell, 5th Earl 1900 births 1970 deaths Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Royal Navy officers of World War I Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Deputy lieutenants of Caernarvonshire 5