Campbell, Archibald Young Gipps, 1872-1957

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1872-1957

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Campbell, Sir Archibald Young Gipps, eldest son of Archibald Samuels Campbell, of Bideford, Devon, schoolmaster, by Mary, daughter of Henry Plumptre-Gipps, M. P., of Sittingbourne, Kent; b. May 18, 1872; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1885; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1891 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 7, 1891, entrance exhibitioner, sizar 1892, scholar 1893); matric. Michaelmas 1891; 9th Wrangler, Math. Trip., pt. 1, 1894; 1st class (1st div.), pt. 2, 1895; Tyson Medal 1895; divided second Smith's Prize 1896; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1922; appointed to the l. C. S. after the exam. of 1895; arrived in India Dec. 3, 1896, and served in Madras Presidency as Asst. Collector and Magistrate 1896-1903; Under Sec. to the Government Nov. 1903-6; private sec. to the Governor of Madras May 1906-12; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate Jan. 1912; Collector and District Magistrate Oct. 1914; Sec. to the Madras Government 1918-9, 1923; Director of lndustries 1919-21; member of Board of Revenue, Madras, 1922-5; Chief Sec. to the Governor of Madras 1925-30; member of the Executive Council, Madras, 1930; a donor of the Madras Cup 1931; sec. to the British Red Cross Commissioner in France 1915-6, and founder of the Central Prisoners of War Organ isation; C. I. E. Jan 2, 1911; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; V. D.; C. S. I. 1927; K.C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1932; m. Dec. 15, 1910, Frances Irene, fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Savill Young, of Stoken church, Oxon; d. Oct. 30, 1957.

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GB-2014-WSA-04383

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963