page_title: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane / Political career
caption_attribution_description: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, by Sir George Hayter (died 1871), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1931. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
context_page_description: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, KT, PC, FRS, FSA, styled Lord Glenorchy until 1831 and as Earl of Ormelie from 1831 to 1834, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician.
context_section_description: Breadalbane sat as Member of Parliament for Okehampton from 1820 to 1826 and for Perthshire from 1832 to 1834. The latter year he succeeded his father as second Marquess of Breadalbane and entered the House of Lords. In 1848 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household by Lord John Russell, a post he held until the government fell in 1852. He held the same office under Lord Aberdeen between 1853 and 1855 and under Lord Palmerston between 1855 and 1858.
caption: Portrait of John Campbell by George Hayter for the painting of The First Meeting of the Reformed House of Parliament in 1833
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