Family and Education
b. 1729, 2nd surv. s. of John Campbell (d. 1770) , 4th Duke of Argyll [S]; bro. of John, Lord Lorne, and Lord William Campbell. educ. Westminster 1743-6; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1747; M. Temple 1751, called 1754. m. 28 Mar. 1769, Mary, da. of Amos Meredith, sis. of Sir William Meredith, wid. of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, 2da. suc. fa. to Coombe Bank estate 9 Nov. 1770.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1767 – 76.
Ld. privy seal [S] May-July 1765; P.C. 29 May 1765; chief sec. [I] 1767 – 68; ld. clerk register [S] 1768 – d.; ld. of Trade 1786 – 1801; vice-treasurer [I] 1787 – 93; member Board of Control, India 1790–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Ardencaple, Dunbarton; Coombe Bank, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CAMPBELL, Lord Frederick (1729-1816)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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