Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown

Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (28 May 1841 – 5 June 1918), styled Viscount Duncan from 1859 to 1867, was a British Liberal politician.

The Earl of Camperdown
The Earl of Camperdown as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, March 1895
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
In office
1870–1874
Preceded bySir George Trevelyan
Succeeded bySir Massey Lopes
Personal details
Born
Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan

(1841-05-28)28 May 1841
Died5 June 1918(1918-06-05) (aged 77)
RelationsGeorge Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown (brother)
Parent(s)Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown
Juliana Cavendish Philips
EducationEton College
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Early life

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Camperdown was the eldest son of Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown, and his wife Juliana Cavendish (née Philips). His father served as MP for Southampton, Bath, and Forfarshire. His sister was Julia Janet Georgiana Haldane-Duncan, a notable artist and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria who married George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby.[1] His younger brother was George Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown.[2]

He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[1]

Career

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He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1867 and took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords. The following year he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in William Ewart Gladstone's first administration, a post he held until 1870, and then served as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1870 to 1874.

Lord Camperdown received an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from the University of St Andrews in February 1902.[3] The previous year he had become President of University College, Dundee, then a college of St Andrews. He remained president of the college until his death.[4]

Personal life

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Lord Camperdown died in June 1918, aged 77. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother George.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, 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 1307.
  2. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (6 December 1933). "EARL CAMPERDOWN DIES, ENDING TITLE; G. A. P. H. Duncan Refused to Leave Boston on Suc- ceeding to Peerage. LONG WITH ENGINE FIRM Earldom Was Created in Recog- nition of a Victory Over the Dutch Fleet". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36691. London. 14 February 1902. p. 7.
  4. ^ Shafe, Michael (1981). University Education in Dundee 1881–1981. A Pictorial History. Dundee: University of Dundee. p. 205.
  5. ^ "REJECTS AN EARLDOM.; Camperdown Title and Estates Declined by Heir, Now a Bostonian". The New York Times. 15 June 1918. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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Political offices
Preceded by Civil Lord of the Admiralty
1870–1874
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Camperdown
1867–1918
Succeeded by