Family and Education
b. 20 June 1729,According to Abbot diary, 8 June 1816 (PRO 30/9/35). 2nd surv. s. of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll [S], by Hon. Mary Bellenden, da. of John, 2nd Lord Bellenden [S]. educ. St. Paul’s; Westminster 1743-6; Christ Church, Oxf. 1747; M. Temple 1751, called 1754. m. 28 Mar. 1769, Mary, da. of Amos Meredith of Henbury, Cheshire, wid. of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, 2da. suc. fa. to Coombe Bank 1770.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1767 – 76.
Ld. privy seal [S] May-July 1765; PC 29 May 1765; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Aug. 1767 – Dec. 1768; PC [I] 14 Oct. 1767; ld. clerk register [S] 1768 – d.; member cttee. of Privy Council for trade and plantations 1784 – 86, Board of Trade 1786 – 1801; vice-treasurer [I] 1787 – 93; commr. Board of Control Mar. 1790-June 1793.
Bencher, M. Temple 1789, reader 1796, treasurer 1803.
Col. Argyll fencibles 1778; lt.-col. Sevenoaks vol. inf. 1803.
Rector, Glasgow Univ. 1772–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Coombe Bank, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
CAMPBELL, Frederick (1729-1816)
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