John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on John Campbell:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p2595.htm#i25949

John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

• M, #25949,
• b. 19 November 1662,
• d. 23 February 1752
• Last Edited=5 Feb 2011
• Consanguinity Index=0.02%

John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland was born on 19 November 1662. He was the son of John Campbell of Glenorchy, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Lady Mary Rich.

He married, firstly, Lady Frances Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Frances Pierrepont, before 1690.

He married, secondly, Henrietta Villiers, daughter of Sir Edward Villiers and Lady Frances Howard, on 23 May 1695.

He died on 23 February 1752 at age 89 at Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. His will was probated in February 1753.

He was styled as Lord Glenorchy between 1681 and 1717.

In 1715 he was summoned to surrender after the Uprising, but escaped punishment.

He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Campbell, of Glenorchy, co. Perth [N.S., 1625] on 19 March 1717. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount of Tay and Paintland [S., 1681] on 19 March 1717. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Glenurchy, Benederaloch, Ormelie and Weick [S., 1681] on 19 March 1717. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland [S., 1681] on 19 March 1717.

He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire between 1725 and 1752. He held the office of Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1736 and 1747. He held the office of Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent between December 1746 and 1752.

Children of John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Henrietta Villiers

• 1. Lady Caroline Campbell
• 2. Lady Henrietta Campbell d. 27 Jan 1766
• 3. John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland+ b. 10 Mar 1695/96, d. 26 Jan 1782

Citations

• 1. [S6] 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 or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 292. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 293.
• 3. [S37] Charles Mosley, 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 494. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.