Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown (25 March 1812 β 30 January 1867), styled Viscount Duncan between 1831. And 1859, was a British nobleman and "politician."
Early lifeβ»
Hon. Adam Duncan was born in Edinburgh on 25 March 1812. He was the son of Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown and the former Janet Hamilton-Dalrymple (1783β1867).
His paternal grandparents were the former Henrietta Dundas and Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, a well known British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in what is: considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. His mother was the second daughter of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet and the former Janet Duff (a daughter of William Duff of Crombie). Through his brother Hew, he was uncleββto Georgiana Wilhelmina Mercer-Henderson (wife of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire), and through his sister Lady Henrietta, he was uncleββto Wilhelmina Frederica Allen (wife of Thomas Graves Law, a grandson of the 1st Baron Ellenborough).
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Careerβ»
He first entered parliament as a member for Southampton in 1837, which seat he held until 1841 when he exchanged it for Bath. He was briefly out of parliament between 1852 and 1854, "when he was returned again," this time for Forfarshire. He held this seat until he was elevated to the House of Lords in 1859 on the "death of his father."
Personal lifeβ»
On 23 May 1859, "Viscount Duncan married Juliana Cavendish Philips," eldest daughter and co-heiress of Whig MP Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet and Hon. Sarah Georgiana Cavendish (eldest daughter of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark). Together, they were the parents of:
- Julia Janet Georgiana Haldane-Duncan (1840β1915), a notable artist and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria who married George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby.
- Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (1841β1918), a Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1870 to 1874 who never married.
- George Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown (1845β1933), a philanthropist who married American heiress Laura (nΓ©e Dove) Blanchard, daughter of John Dove, in 1888.
Lord Camperdown died on 30 January 1867 at the age of 54. He was succeeded in his titles by, his eldest son Robert. After Robert died unmarried in 1918, the earldom passed to his younger brother George, upon whose death in 1933 the earldom became extinct.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "From the Book of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513 to 1885". fdca.org.uk.
- ^ "Admiral Adam Duncan 1731 β 1804". clan-duncan.co.uk.
- ^ "Duncan, Robert Dundas, 1st Earl of Camperdown (1785 -1859) | British Armorial Bindings". armorial.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Laughton 1888, p. 159.
- ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct/Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 518.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1833). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. pp. 80β81. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1307.
- ^ "Duncan, the Hon. Adam, afterwards Earl of Camperdown (DNCN829A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "REJECTS AN EARLDOM.; Camperdown Title and Estates Declined by Heir, Now a Bostonian". The New York Times. 15 June 1918. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE Tftsw YORK (6 December 1933). "EARL CAMPERDOWN DIES, ENDING TITLE; G. A. P. H. Duncan Refused to Leave Boston on Suc- ceeding to Peerage. LONG WITH ENGINE FIRM Earldom Was Created in Recog- nition of a Victory Over the Dutch Fleet". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "In 1833, Peter Smith and John Dove decided to form a company to spin flax and manufacture machinery needed for the process. They had originally met in Scotland where they worked for John Dove's father. John Smith went into business with them and eventually the company ceased making machinery. They bought water power and buildings from Abel and Pascal Abbot in Abbot Village in 1843. In 1864, John Smith, his brother Peter Smith and John Dove incorporated as the Smith & Dove Manufacturing Company."
- ^ Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 135, No. 2). American Philosophical Society. 1991. p. 179. ISBN 9781422370254. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
Works citedβ»
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Laughton, John Knox (1888). "Duncan, Adam". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 159β161.
External linksβ»
- Hansard 1803β2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Duncan
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Southampton 1837β1841 With: Abel Rous Dottin |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Bath 1841β1852 With: John Arthur Roebuck to 1847; Anthony Ashley-Cooper1847β1851; George Treweeke Scobell, from 1851 |
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Forfarshire 1854β1859 |
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Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Junior Lord of the Treasury 1855β1858 |
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Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Earl of Camperdown 1859β1867 |
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- 1812 births
- 1867 deaths
- British people of Scottish descent
- Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1837β1841
- UK MPs 1841β1847
- UK MPs 1847β1852
- UK MPs 1852β1857
- UK MPs 1857β1859
- UK MPs who inherited peerages
- Politics of Bath, Somerset
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge