William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell

The Right Honourable The Lord Stratheden and Campbell
as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, October 1873
Member of Parliament for Harwich
In office 1859–1852
Preceded by	Robert John Bagshaw
Succeeded by	Richard Rowley
Personal details
Born	15 October 1824
Died	21 January 1893 Wandsworth
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Hartrigge House
Education	Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge

William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell (15 October 1824 – 21 January 1893), was a British peer and Liberal politician. His father was the Lord Chancellor.

Background

Stratheden and Campbell was the eldest son of Lord Chancellor John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, and Mary Elizabeth, 1st Baroness Stratheden, daughter of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger.^[1] He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded his M.A. in 1846.^[1]

Political career

Stratheden and Campbell was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridge in 1847, a seat he held until 1852,^[2] and later represented Harwich from 1859 to 1860.^[3] The latter year he succeeded his mother in the barony of Stratheden and entered the House of Lords. The following year he also inherited the barony of Campbell on the death of his father.

Personal life

Lord Stratheden and Campbell dined at the Reform Club and had residences at Hartrigge House in Jedburgh and Stratheden House in Knightsbridge.^[1] He died at Wandsworth, Surrey, on 15 January 1893, aged 66. He never married and was succeeded in the baronies by his younger brother, Hallyburton.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Campbell

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