John Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor

The Right Honourable
The Earl Cawdor
TD FSAScot FRGS
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1914–1970
Preceded byThe 4th Earl Cawdor
Succeeded byThe 6th Earl Cawdor
Personal details
Born6 September 1932
Died20 June 1993
Spouse
Wilma Mairi Vickers
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(m. 1929⁠–⁠1961)​
Elizabeth Topham Richardson
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(m. 1961)​
Children
Parents
RelativesClan Campbell of Cawdor
Occupationlandowner, military officer, politician

John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, TD FSAScot FRGS (17 May 1900 – 9 January 1970), styled Viscount Emlyn between 1911 and 1914, was a Scots-Welsh nobleman.

Campbell was the son of Hugh Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor and Joan Emily Mary Thynne. He fought in the First World War, with the Royal Navy and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He fought in World War II as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was mentioned in despatches. He was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Lord Cawdor married, firstly, Wilma Mairi Vickers (1906–1982), daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers, on 15 May 1929. They had three children:

They were divorced in 1961.[5] 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.

References

  1. ^ "The Peerage: Caroline Mairi Campbell". The Peerage. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Peerage: Caroline Mairi Campbell Friesen". Find a Grave. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The Peerage: Hugh John Vaughan Campbell of Cawdor, 6th Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin". The Peerage. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ "The Peerage: Hon. James Alexander Campbell". The Peerage. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ "The Peerage: Wilma Mairi Vickers". The Peerage. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hugh Frederick Campbell
 Earl Cawdor
1914–1970 		Succeeded by