Summary
Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown (25 March 1812 – 30 January 1867), styled Viscount Duncan between 1831 and 1859, was a British nobleman and politician.[1][2]
Early life edit
Hon. Adam Duncan was born in Edinburgh on 25 March 1812. He was the son of Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown and the former Janet Hamilton-Dalrymple (1783–1867).
His paternal grandparents were the former Henrietta Dundas and Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan,[3] a well known British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in what is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.[4][5] His mother was the second daughter of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet and the former Janet Duff (a daughter of William Duff of Crombie).[6] Through his brother Hew, he was uncle to Georgiana Wilhelmina Mercer-Henderson (wife of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire),[7] and through his sister Lady Henrietta, he was uncle to Wilhelmina Frederica Allen (wife of Thomas Graves Law, a grandson of the 1st Baron Ellenborough).[7]
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[8]
Career edit
He first entered parliament as a member for Southampton in 1837, which seat he held until 1841 when he exchanged it for Bath. He was briefly out of parliament between 1852 and 1854, when he was returned again, this time for Forfarshire. He held this seat until he was elevated to the House of Lords in 1859 on the death of his father.
Personal life edit
On 23 May 1859, Viscount Duncan married Juliana Cavendish Philips, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Whig MP Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet and Hon. Sarah Georgiana Cavendish (eldest daughter of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark).[7] Together, they were the parents of:
- Julia Janet Georgiana Haldane-Duncan (1840–1915), a notable artist and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria who married George Abercromby, 4th Baron Abercromby.[7]
- Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown (1841–1918), a Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1870 to 1874 who never married.[9]
- George Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown (1845–1933),[10] a philanthropist who married American heiress Laura (née Dove) Blanchard, daughter of John Dove,[11] in 1888.[12]
Lord Camperdown died on 30 January 1867 at the age of 54. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Robert. After Robert died unmarried in 1918, the earldom passed to his younger brother George, upon whose death in 1933 the earldom became extinct.[7]
References edit
- ^ "From the Book of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee 1513 to 1885". fdca.org.uk.
- ^ "Admiral Adam Duncan 1731 – 1804". clan-duncan.co.uk.
- ^ "Duncan, Robert Dundas, 1st Earl of Camperdown (1785 -1859) | British Armorial Bindings". armorial.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Laughton 1888, p. 159.
- ^ 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 518.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1833). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. pp. 80–81. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Duncan, the Hon. Adam, afterwards Earl of Camperdown (DNCN829A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "REJECTS AN EARLDOM.; Camperdown Title and Estates Declined by Heir, Now a Bostonian". The New York Times. 15 June 1918. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE Tftsw 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.
- ^ "In 1833, Peter Smith and John Dove decided to form a company to spin flax and manufacture machinery needed for the process. They had originally met in Scotland where they worked for John Dove's father. John Smith went into business with them and eventually the company ceased making machinery. They bought water power and buildings from Abel and Pascal Abbot in Abbot Village in 1843. In 1864, John Smith, his brother Peter Smith and John Dove incorporated as the Smith & Dove Manufacturing Company."
- ^ Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 135, No. 2). American Philosophical Society. 1991. p. 179. ISBN 9781422370254. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
Works cited edit
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Laughton, John Knox (1888). "Duncan, Adam". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 159–161.
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Duncan
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs