The Orde, later Campbell-Orde Baronetcy, of Morpeth in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 9 August 1790 for the naval commander John Orde. He was the younger brother of Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton (see

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for more information on this branch of the family). The third Baronet assumed in 1880 by Royal licence the additional surname of Campbell, which was that of his maternal grandfather Peter Campbell, of Kilmory.

Orde, later Campbell-Orde baronets, of Morpeth (1790)

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(1751–1824) * Sir John Powlett Orde, 2nd Baronet (9 June 1803 – 13 December 1878). Orde was born at

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, London, the son of Sir John Orde, 1st Baronet. He was educated at

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where he graduated with a BA. He married Eliza Campbell, eldest daughter and co-heir of Peter Campbell, of Kilmory,

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, on 15 June 1826. They had one son and three daughters. His father-in-law died in

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in 1828 and upon the death of his wife in 1829 he inherited the estates in Jamaica and

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. He remarried in 1832 to Beatrice Edwards. Orde rebuilt

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in a

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to a design by architect

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, and remodelled the grounds with the aid of

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. Kilmory is now the headquarters of

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Council. He was succeeded by his son Sir John William Powlett Orde who, in 1880, obtained Royal Licence to assume the surname of Campbell-Orde. *

Sir John William Powlett Campbell-Orde, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1827–1897) *

Sir Arthur John Campbell-Orde, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1865–1933) *

Sir Simon Arthur Campbell-Orde, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1907–1969) *

Sir John Alexander Campbell-Orde, 6th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1943–2016) *

Sir John Simon Arthur Campbell-Orde, 7th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(born 1981) The

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is the present holder's uncle Peter Humphrey Campbell-Orde (born 1946)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell-Orde Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain 1790 establishments in Great Britain

Orde, later Campbell-Orde baronets, of Morpeth (1790)

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