Background
Cawdor was the eldest son of John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor and his wife Sarah Mary, daughter of General the Honorary
Cawdor was the eldest son of John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor and his wife Sarah Mary, daughter of General the Honorary
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
He served briefly as First Lord of the Admiralty between March and December 1905. Henry Cavendish.
He succeeded in the earldom in 1898 and served briefly under Arthur Balfour as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Cawdor took a leading part in the Conservative opposition to Lloyd George"s budget of 1909 and in drafting resolutions for the reform of the House of Lords in 1910.
He was also involved in Pembrokeshire local affairs, and as Chairman of the Great Western Railway from 1895 to 1905 greatly improved the service.
Lord Cawdor married Edith Georgiana Turnor, daughter of Christopher Turnor, on 16 September 1868. They had ten children.
Lady Cawdor died in 1926.
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Cawdor was Conservative Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire from 1874 to 1885.
