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 British nobleman and politician.
Life[]
Born in Edinburgh, the Hon. Adam Duncan was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] 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, the first earl. His children included his heir Robert, George and Julia who was a courtier and notable artist.
Lord Camperdown died on 30 January 1867 at the age of 54.
References[]
- ^ "Duncan, the Hon. Adam, afterwards Earl of Camperdown (DNCN829A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Duncan
- 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 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs who inherited peerages
- Politics of Bath, Somerset
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge