British politician (1841-1918)
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.
Early life
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] George Haldane-Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown .[ 2]
He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford .[ 1]
Career
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] University College, Dundee , then a college of St Andrews. He remained president of the college until his death.[ 4]
Personal life
Lord Camperdown died in June 1918, aged 77. He never married and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother George.[ 5]
References
^ 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.
^ 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 . ^ "University intelligence". The Times . No. 36691. London. 14 February 1902. p. 7. ^ Shafe, Michael (1981). University Education in Dundee 1881–1981. A Pictorial History . Dundee: University of Dundee. p. 205. ^ "REJECTS AN EARLDOM.; Camperdown Title and Estates Declined by Heir, Now a Bostonian" . The New York Times . Retrieved 12 May 2023 .
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