Barons Cawdor of Castlemartin (1796)

1st Baron Cawdor, John Campbell, b.c.1753, a., d.1821

Descended from Sir John Campbell (b.?, d.1546), third son of Archibald Campbell, 2^nd Earl of Argyll, John Campbell was MP for Nairnshire from 1777 to 1780 and then for Cardigan until 1796, when he was created 1^st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin, Pembroke, in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was created a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in 1794 and of the Royal Society in 1795.

2^nd Baron Cawdor, John Frederick Campbell, b.1790, a.1821, d.1860

Son of the 1^st Baron and Lady Isabella Caroline Howard (b.1771, d.1848), daughter of Sir Frederick Howard, 5^th Earl of Carlisle. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford, and then represented Carmarthen as a Whig MP from 1813 to 1821 In 1827 he was created 1^st Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembroke, and 1^st Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn in Carmarthen, and bore the Queen’s rod at the coronation of Queen Victoria. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire from 1852 to 1860.

Earls Cawdor (1827)

1^st Earl Cawdor, John Frederick Campbell, as above

2^nd Earl Cawdor, John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, b.1817, a.1860, d.1898

Son of the 1^st Earl and Lady Elizabeth Thynne (b.1795, d.1866), daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2^nd Marquess of Bath. Educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford, he was MP for Carmarthen from 1841 to 1860, and Lord-Lieutenant of Carmarthen from 1861 to 1898.

3^rd Earl Cawdor, Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, b.1847, a.1898, d.1911

Son of the 2^nd Earl and Sarah Mary Cavendish (b.1813, d.1881), a grand-daughter of George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1^st Earl of Burlington. Again, educated at Eton and Christ Church College, he was MP for Carmarthen from 1874 to 1885 and Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire from 1896 to 1911. He was Chairman of Great Western Railway from 1895 to 1905, and was Aide-de-Camp to both Queen Victoria and Edward VII. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1905.

4^th Earl Cawdor, Hugh Frederick Vaughan Campbell, b.1870, a.1911, d.1914

Son of the 3^rd Earl and Edith Georgina Turnor (b.1844, d.1926), a grand-daughter of George William Finch, 10^th Earl of Winchilsea.

5^th Earl Cawdor, John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, b.1900, a.1914, d.1970

Son of the 4^th Earl and Joan Emily Mary Thynne (b.1872, d.1945), another descendant of the 2^nd Marquess of Bath. He fought in both the First World War and the Second World War, and gained the rank of Lieutenan-Colonel. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and the Society of Antiquaries.

6^th Earl Cawdor, Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, b.1932, a.1970, d.1993

Son of the 5^th Earl and Wilma Mairi Vickers (b.?, d.1982).

7^th Earl Cawdor, Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, b.1962, a.1993

Son of the 6^th Earl and Cathryn Hinde. He came into public conflict with his father’s second wife Angelica Grafin Lazansky von Bukowa, said to be from a Czech aristocratic family, and to whom his father had left Cawdor Castle in his will. He is 7^th Earl Cawdor, 7^th Viscount Emlyn and 8^th Baron Cawdor.

The courtesy title for the heir is Viscount Emlyn.