Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (28 May 1841 – 5 June 1918), styled Viscount Duncan from 1859 to 1867, was a British
Liberal politician.
Early life
Camperdown was the eldest son of
Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown
Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown (25 March 1812 – 30 January 1867), styled Viscount Duncan between 1831 and 1859, was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British nobleman and politician.
Early life
Hon. Adam Duncan was bo ...
, and his wife Juliana Cavendish (née Philips). His father served as MP for
Southampton
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,
Bath
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Plac ...
, and
Forfarshire
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. His sister was
Julia Janet Georgiana Haldane-Duncan, a notable artist and
Lady of the Bedchamber
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to
Queen Victoria
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who married
George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby.
His younger brother was
George Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown.
He was educated at
Eton and
Balliol College, Oxford
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With a governing body of a master and aro ...
.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1307.
Career
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1867 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the
House of Lords
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. The following year he was appointed a
Lord-in-waiting
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(government whip in the House of Lords) in
William Ewart Gladstone
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In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...
's
first administration, a post he held until 1870, and then served as a
Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1870 to 1874.
Lord Camperdown received an honorary doctorate (
LL.D.
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) from the
University of St Andrews
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in February 1902.
The previous year he had become President of
University College, Dundee, then a college of St Andrews. He remained president of the college until his death.
Personal life
Lord Camperdown died in June 1918, aged 77. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother George.
References
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1841 births
1918 deaths
British people of Scottish descent
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People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
People associated with the University of Dundee
Lords of the Admiralty