John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Breadalbane KT, PC, FRS |
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The Marquess of Breadalbane
by Sir George Hayter, 1834. |
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| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 5 September 1848 – 21 February 1852 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl Spencer |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Exeter |
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In office 15 January 1853 – 21 February 1858 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Exeter |
| Succeeded by | The Earl De La Warr |
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26 October 1796 Dundee, Angus |
| Died |
8 November 1862 (aged 66) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Elizabeth "Eliza" Baillie (1803–1861) |
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane KT, PC, FRS (26 October 1796 – 8 November 1862), styled Lord Glenorchy until 1831 and as Earl of Ormelie from 1831 to 1834, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician.
Born at Dundee, Angus, Breadalbane was the son of Lieutenant-General John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, and Mary, daughter of David Gavin. He was educated at Eton.
Breadalbane sat as Member of Parliament for Okehampton from 1820 to 1826 and for Perthshire from 1832 to 1834. The latter year he succeeded his father as second Marquess of Breadalbane and entered the House of Lords. In 1848 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household by Lord John Russell, a post he held until the government fell in 1852. He held the same office under Lord Aberdeen between 1853 and 1855 and under Lord Palmerston between 1855 and 1858.
A freemason, Breadalbane was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1824 and 1826. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834 and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1838. The following year he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire, a post he held until his death. In 1842 he entertained Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort at Taymouth Castle. He was a supporter of the Free Church of Scotland during the disruption in the 1840s.
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