John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer and MP. He was born the son of

John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor, FRS, FSA ( – 1 June 1821) was a British politician and military officer who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1777 to 1796. Biography John Campbell was born in Wales , the son of Pryse Camp ...

and Lady Caroline Howard and educated at

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and

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, graduating BA in 1812. In 1827 he became Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn and

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of Castlemartin in the county of Pembroke. In June 1812, he was elected a

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. That same year, he stood for election to the House of Commons for Pembrokeshire after the sitting member, Lord Milford, stood down in his favour. Campbell was, however, defeated by Sir John Owen of Orielton. He was MP for

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from 1813 to 1821 and

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from 1817 to 1860. He died on the eve of his 70th birthday from a gangrenous infection from a

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on his right arm at his family estate at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire. In 1831, at the Coronation of King William and Queen Adelaide, Earl Cawdor carried and presented the queen consort's ivory rod with dove.

Family

He married Lady Elizabeth Thynne, daughter of

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and the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, on 5 September 1816. She had previously been engaged to George Sackville, 4th Duke of Dorset, who died shortly. They had seven children: # John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (1817–1898). #Lady Emily Caroline Campbell (1819–1911), who married

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. She served as a Lady-in-waiting to

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at the 1838

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. #Lady Georgiana Isabella Campbell (1820-1884), who married John Balfour, of Balbirnie (1811-1895) #Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell (1822–1898), who married

John Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart John Otway O'Conner Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart (12 October 1818 – 1 April 1865), styled Viscount Castlecuffe until 1820, was an Irish Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between March an ...

#Lady Mary Louisa Campbell (1825–1916), who married

George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere George Granville “Egert” Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere (15 June 1823 – 19 September 1862), styled Viscount Brackley between 1846 and 1857, was a British peer and Conservative politician from the Egerton family. Like his father, ...

. #Reverend Hon. Archibald George Campbell (1827–1902). # Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Walter Campbell (1835–1910).

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