Sir Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane

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Sir Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
Death: October 19, 1922 (71)
Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Alexander Gavin Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane & Holland and Mary Theresa Campbell
Husband of Alma Campbell (Graham), Marchioness of Breadalbane
Brother of Hon. Ivan Campbell

Managed by: Charles W Lewis, II
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About Sir Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane

Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane KG PC JP DL (9 April 1851 – 19 October 1922), styled Lord Glenorchy between 1862 and 1871 and known as The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland between 1871 and 1885, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician.

Breadalbane served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1873 to 1874. He was later in the Shropshire Yeomanry, from entering as Sub-Lieutenant in 1877, being promoted Lieutenant in 1882,] retiring as Captain in 1887. From 1897 to 1910 he was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Highland Cyclist Battalion, of which he became Honorary Colonel in 1913, and was an Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII in 1903.

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Sir Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane's Timeline

1851
April 9, 1851
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
1922
October 19, 1922
Age 71
Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)