Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1818-1829 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 archive folder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
CAMPBELL, JOHN BASSETT, eldest son of John Campbell, Marsham Street, Westminster, and Chichester, Sussex; b.; adm. 11 Jul 1788; KS (Capt. ) 1794; Capt. of the School 1797; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1798, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1799, matr. 1800; BA 1802; MA 1805; adm. Middle Temple, 12 Mar 1791; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1803, Major Fellow 1805, Senior Fellow from 1826; an Usher at the School 1804-18; Usher up Best’s; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1811, priest 27 Jun 1812 (both Bristol); d. unm. 18 Nov 1853.
Repository
Archival history
It seems probable that these were presented to the school by the daughter of the Reverend Canon Henry Bull in 1889 along with his other papers.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Original manuscript letters from John Bassett Campbell to Henry Bull, along with both manuscript and typescript copies. The letters extensively discuss the experience of teaching and living at Westminster School in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.