Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown
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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.[1][2]
Hon. Adam Duncan was born in Edinburgh on 25 March 1812. He was the eldest surviving son of Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown and the former Janet Hamilton-Dalrymple (1783–1867).
His paternal grandparents were the former Henrietta Dundas and Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan,[3] a well known British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in what is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.[4][5] His mother was the second daughter of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet and the former Janet Duff (a daughter of William Duff of Crombie).[6] Through his brother Hew, he was uncle to Georgiana Wilhelmina Mercer-Henderson (wife of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire),[7] and through his sister Lady Henrietta, he was uncle to Wilhelmina Frederica Allen (wife of Thomas Graves Law, a grandson of the 1st Baron Ellenborough).[7]
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[8]
Career
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.
