John Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor
- John Duncan Vaughan Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, TD (17 May 1900 – 1970), styled Viscount Emlyn between 1911 and 1914, was a Scots-Welsh nobleman. Campbell was the son of Hugh Campbell, 4th Earl Cawdor and Joan Emily Mary Thynne.
- He fought in the First World War, with the Royal Navy and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.
- He fought in the Second World War as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was mentioned in despatches.
- He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries. Lord Cawdor married, firstly, Wilma Mairi Vickers (1906-1982), daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers, on 15 May 1929.
- They had three children: Lady Caroline Mairi Campbell (1930-1977), had issue. Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor (1932-1993), had issue. Hon.
- James Alexander Campbell (b.
- 21 July 1942), had issue.They were divorced in 1961.
- He married, secondly, Elizabeth Topham Richardson, daughter of John Topham Richardson, on 29 June 1961.
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