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CAMDEN 517 v.p., cr., 3 Feb. 1 680/1, BARON NOEL OF TITCHFIELD. On i Dec. 1682, he was cr. EARL OF GAINSBOROUGH. See " Gainsborough," Earldom of, cr. 1682; fx/i«(:/ (together with all the abovenamed dignities) 1798. i.e. "Campden of Campden, co. Gloucester" Viscountcy {Noel), cr. 1 841, with the Earldom of Gainsborough, which see. CAMPERDOWN and DUNCAN OF CAMPERDOWN VISCOUNTCY. I. Adam Duncan,^), 2nd s. of Alexander D., of Lundie, co. Forfar, Provost of Dundee, by Helen, I, 1797. da. of John Haldane, of Gleneagles, co. Perth, was b. at Dundee, i July 1731; entered the Royal Navy 1746; Lieut. 1755; Commander 1759; Post Capt. 1761, when he commanded at the surrender of the Havannah. On 16 Jan. 1780 he distinguished himself at the battle of St. Vincent. Rear Adin. of the Blue 1787; Vice Adm. 1793; Adm. of the Blue 1795, and of the White 1799. From 1795 to 1 801 he was Commander-in-Chief in the North Seas, and as such gained a most brilliant action over the Dutch fleet (then under France) on 1 1 Oct. 1797 oiF Camperdown, taking prisoner their commander, Admiral de Winter, and capturing or destroying 15 ships. C') For this service, on 30 Oct. 1797, he, who was a Whig, was cr. BARON DUNCAN OF LUNDIE, CO. Perth, and VISCOUNT DUNCAN OF CAMPER- DO WN.(') On 5 Dec. 1797 he was made Knight of St. Alexander Newski of Russia. On the death s.p. of his eldest br. Alexander, he inherited the paternal estate of Lundie. He m., 6 June 1777, Henrietta, 3rd da. of the Rt. Hon. Robert Dundas, of Arniston, Midlothian, Lord President of the Court of Session, by his ist wife Henrietta, da. of Sir James Carmichael, (*) "Height of stature and dignified appearance have long been the characteristics of this family; for the Lord Duncan measured at 18 years of age 6ft. 4in., and, being perfectly well proportioned, was considered, with great truth, one of the finest figures in the naval service; his father and grandfather are both of them reported to have exceeded that height, enjoying at the same time every possible natural advantage of symmetry and just proportion." See Sir Egerton Brydges' note in Collins, vol. vi, p. 380. C") This solitary chance for real distinction came at the end of a long career, when he was aged 66, and he splendidly availed himself of it; his tenacity in the blockade of the Texel, handling a mutinous and insufficient force in stormy seas, and his calculated audacity during the actual engagement, are worthy of all praise. The scheme of an invasion of Ireland by 40,000 troops, under Gen. Heche, perished with the Dutch fleet. V.G. {f) For remarks on this and similar titles chosen to commemorate foreign achieve- ments, see vol. iii, Appendix E,