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BREADALBANE 297 afsd.(') He was sometime Capt. in the ist Royals. He m., 20 Apr. 1853, Mary Theresa, da. of John Edwards, of Dublin. She d. 27 Feb. 1870, at Nice. He d. 20 Mar. 1871, aged 47, at the Albany, Piccadilly. VII. 1 87 1. I. Gavin (Campbell), Earl OF Breadalbane AND R-XRONY Holland, ^'c. [S.], s. and h., b. 9 Apr. 1851, at Fermoy, co. Cork, ed. at St. Andrew's Univ. He, '• ^873- being a Liberal, was a Lord in waiting. Mar. 1873 ^o Feb. 1874. On 25 Mar. 1873 he was cr. BARON MARQUESSATE. BREADALBANE OF KENMORE, co. Perth, and I. 1885. on II July 1885 was rr. EARL OF ORMELIE.co, Caithness,andMARQUESSOFBREADALBANE. Treasurer of the Household, May 1 880 to June 1885. P.C. 3 May 1 880; Lord Steward of the Household 1892-95; Lord High Comm. to the Gen. Assembly of the Ch. of Scotland 1893-95; K.G. 7 Mar. 1894. Pres. of the Highland and Agric. Soc. Jan. to June 1896; Volunteer A.D.C. to the King 1903. C") He m., 27 July 1872, at Trin. Church, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Alma Imogen Leonora Charlotta, yst. da. of James (Graham), 4th Duke of Montrose [S.], by Caroline Agnes, da. of John (Beresford), 2nd (^) His succession thereto was disputed by his cousin, Charles William Campbell, of Borland (the next h. male), on the grounds of the illegitimacy of his father. He had, however, been allowed possession of the Breadalbane estates by the Court of Session, which decision, on appeal therefrom, was confirmed, 27 May 1864, by the House of Lords; Lord Chancellor Westbury and Lord Chelmsford being for, and Lord VVensleydale being against. Their Lordships gave their reasons, which were the re- cognition of VV. J. L. Campbell's legitimacy, by the family of the appellant and other members of his family, and his inheritance in 181 2 of the estate of Glenfalloch as heir to his deceased cousin. The arguments per contra are however considerable. The lady whose marriage was in question (formerly Elizabeth Maria Blanchard) stated in a letter to the War Office that she was m. to James Campbell at Edinburgh in Sep. 1782. Now it is certain that on 5 June 1776 Elizabeth Maria Blanchard (probably the same person) m. at Chipping Sodbury, co. Gloucester, Christopher Ludlow, by whom she had a child, b. and d. the next year. Soon after its birth she is said to have eloped from him. Christopher Ludlow (there is little doubt of his identity) did not die till Jan. 1 784. The date of the birth of William J. L. Campbell has never been ascertained. [He was bap, 20 Jan. 1788, at Gateshead-upon-Tyne, presumably with a view to making him appear legitimate.] The favourable view would be that it was (not till seven years after her elopement, and, consequently) after Ludlow's death, when, by Scottish law, (see note sub Frederick, Earl of Lauderdale [1884]) the child might, even if not born in marriage, be, by a subsequent one, rendered legiti- mate. But, on the other hand (granting, what is almost certain, the identity of the persons named) the written statement of the Lady, whose marriage was questioned, that she was married in 1782 to Mr. Campbell (when Ludlow was alive) is awkward, as shewing that she, at least, relied upon the marriage of that date (at Edinburgh) and not on any subsequent status of marriage by repute. See Her. and Gen., vol. iv, pp. 242-257. C") He is one of the numerous peers who are or have been directors of public com- panies. For a list of these (in 1896) see vol. v. Appendix C. V.G. 39