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Campbell, John, 1762-1834
GB-2014-WSA-04401 · Person · 1762-1834

CAMPBELL, JOHN, 1ST MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE, eldest son of Colin Campbell, Carwhin, [check county] and Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Campbell, Stonefield, Argyllshire, advocate; b. 30 Mar 1762; adm. 3 Apr 1771; his private tutor, Rev. Dr. George Campbell, the father of Lord Chancellor Campbell, “accompanied him to Westminster School, and lived several years with him in a house in Smith Street, Westminster” (Life of John, Lord Campbell, 1881, i, 5); succeeded his cousin as 4th Earl of Breadalbane (S) 26 Jan 1782; a Scottish Representative Peer 1784-1806; FRS 19 Feb 1784; raised a number of men at the beginning of the war with France; Ensign, Independent Co. Foot, 10 Jan 1795; Lieut., 24 Jan 1795; Capt., 116th Foot, 27 Jan 1795; Maj., 78th Foot, Apr 1795; Lieut. -Col. in the Army, and Col., 3rd bn., Breadalbane Regt. Fencibles, 17 Apr 1795; Col. in the Army 29 Apr 1802; Maj. -Gen., 25 Oct 1809; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; created Baron Breadalbane (UK) 13 Nov 1806, and Marquis of Breadalbane (UK) 12 Sep 1831; m. 3 Sep 1793 Mary Turner, eldest dau. of David Gavin, Langton, Berwickshire; d. 29 Mar 1834.

GB-2014-WSA-04402 · Person · ca. 1729-1816

CAMPBELL, LORD FREDERICK, third son of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (S) KT, Gen. in the Army, and Hon. Mary Bellenden, Maid of Honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, third dau. of John Bellenden, 2nd Baron Bellenden (S); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1742/3; left 1746; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1747; BCL 1753; adm. Middle Temple 19 Jan 1750/1, called to bar 24 Jan 1754, Bencher 1789, Lent Reader 1796, Treasurer 1803; MP Glasgow Burghs 1761-80, Argyllshire 1780 - Oct 1799; Privy Councillor 29 May 1765; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (S), 8 Jun 1765; Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland (Viscount Townshend), Aug 1767 - Dec 1768; Privy Councillor (I) 14 Aug 1767; MP (I) Thomastown 1767-8, St. Canice 1768-76; Lord Clerk Register (S) from Nov 1768; member, Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 23 Aug 1786; Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 20 Jul 1787-93; member, Board of Control, 20 Mar 1790 - Jun 1793; FSA 15 Nov 1792; FRS 7 Nov 1793; m. 28 Mar 1769 Mary, widow of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv), and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 8 Jun 1816. DNB.

GB-2014-WSA-04403 · Person · 1874-1961

Campbell, Robert Ronald, second son of James Duncan Campbell, C.M.G., of London, sometime Commissioner of Chinese Customs, by Ellen Mary, daughter of T. R. Lewis; b. Nov. 6, 1874; adm. May w, 1888 (A); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1893, matric. Oct. 1893; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1900; assist. master at the school May 1900 -July 1901; Certificate of Honour, Council of Legal Education, Hilary Term 1902; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Jan. 27, 1902; Board of Education, temporary barrister 1903, junior examiner 1905-12; senior examiner 1912-21; assist. secretary 1921; m. July 21, 1914, Ilse Mary Lee, daughter of Richard Edward Mitcheson, of Roquebrune, Alpes Maritimes, France; d. Sept. 28, 1961.

GB-2014-WSA-04404 · Person · 1900-?

Campbell, Ronald Henderson Stewart, son of Colin Wallace Campbell, of Notting Hill, by Margaret Joyce, daughter of Joseph Rider, of Barcelona, Spain; b. Feb. 5, 1900; adm. as a non-resident K.S. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Dec. 1917; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1918; 2nd Lieut. K. O. S. B. (Reserve) Dec. 20, 1918; a bank clerk in Buenos Aires; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. May 13, 1943; Flying Officer Jan. 13, 1943; m. May 4, 1946, Dora May Driscoll.

Campbell, Thomas, ca. 1725-?
GB-2014-WSA-04405 · Person · ca. 1725-?

CAMPBELL, THOMAS, son of Colin Campbell, St. James’s, Westminster, “arm. ”; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1736 (Wynniate's); left 1742; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1742.

GB-2014-WSA-04406 · Person · 1874-?

Campbell, William Henry Plumptre, brother of Archibald Young Gipps Campbell (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888; left Dec. 1888; was afterwards at Sherborne; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1893; B.A. 1896.

GB-2014-WSA-04407 · Person · 1913-1998

Campbell-Johnson, Alan, son of Lieut.-Col. James Alexander Campbell-Johnson and Gladys Susanna, d. of Robert Geering of Ruislip, Middx; b. 16 July 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1956; political sec. to Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair 1937-40; RAFVR 1941-6 (Wing Cdr); staff of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1942-6; press attaché to Viceroy of India 1947-8; OBE (SE Asia) 1946, CIE 1947, US Legion of Merit 1947; contested (L) Salisbury 1945 and 1950; a PR consultant, pres. Inst. of Pub. Relations 1956-7, dir. Hill & Knowlton (UK) Ltd 1976-; hon. DLitt Southampton Univ. 1990; author of Anthony Eden (biog.) 1938, Viscount Halifax (biog.) 1941, Mission with Mountbatten 1951; m. 8 Oct. 1938 Imogen Fay de la Tour, d. of Ernest Alexander Dunlap of Jacksonville, Ill., USA; d. 25 Jan. 1998

GB-2014-WSA-04408 · Person · 1945-1970

Campbell-Johnson, Keith, son of Alan Campbell-Johnson (qv); b. 28 Sept. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (A); left Mar. 1964; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1964, BA 1968; articled to a firm of solicitors; d. in a road accident 15 Feb. 1970.