Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown

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.

Life

Born in Edinburgh, the Hon. Adam Duncan was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] 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, the first earl. His children included his heir Robert, George and Julia who was a courtier and notable artist.

Lord Camperdown died on 30 January 1867 at the age of 54.

References

^ "Duncan, the Hon. Adam, afterwards Earl of Camperdown (DNCN829A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Duncan

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Barlow-Hoy Abel Rous Dottin	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1837–1841 With: Abel Rous Dottin	Succeeded by Lord Bruce Charles Martyn
Preceded by The Viscount Powerscourt William Bruges	Member of Parliament for Bath 1841–1852 With: John Arthur Roebuck to 1847; Anthony Ashley-Cooper1847–1851; George Treweeke Scobell, from 1851	Succeeded by Thomas Phinn George Treweeke Scobell
Preceded by Hon. Lauderdale Maule	Member of Parliament for Forfarshire 1854–1859	Succeeded by Charles Carnegie
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Alfred Hervey Lord Elcho	Junior Lord of the Treasury 1855–1858	Succeeded by Lord Henry Lennox Thomas Edward Taylor Henry Whitmore
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Haldane-Duncan	Earl of Camperdown 1859–1867	Succeeded by Robert Haldane-Duncan

[1] "Duncan, the Hon. Adam, afterwards Earl of Camperdown (DNCN829A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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