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5 unusual facts about Campbell baronets


Campbell baronets

Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet (1635-1717) (created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in 1681)

The Campbell Baronetcy, of Succoth in the County of Dunbarton, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 September 1808 for Ilay Campbell, Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General between 1789 and 1808 under the judicial title Lord Succoth.

Colin Campbell, younger son of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (see above).

Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell baronets

Helen Purves-Hume-Campbell, daughter of the seventh Baronet, married Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet, and was the mother of Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield.

Sir Guy Campbell, 5th Baronet

When Campbell died at the age of 83, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son Lachlan.



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