Constituency Dates
Ayr Burghs 1807 – 13 Mar. 1809
Family and Education
b. c. 1770, 1st s. of Walter Campbell, advocate, of Shawfield and Islay by 1st w. Eleanora (m.1768), da. of Robert Ker of New Field. m. 21 June 1796,1Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 387; Gent. Mag. (1796), ii. 611 gives 14 June. Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell, da. of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, 2s. 6da.
Offices Held

Ensign, 3 Ft. Gds. 1789, lt. and capt. 1793; left army ?1799; officer, Argyll militia 1802, col. at d.

Address
Main residences: Shawfield; Islay, Argyll.
biography text

Campbell, who inherited the whole of the island of Islay from his father, entered Parliament on the interest of his brother-in-law, the 6th Duke of Argyll. As was expected from his connexions, he was in opposition to the Portland ministry2Grey mss, Maxwell to Howick, 11 June [1807]. and, before his death, voted against it on four important divisions: on the address, 26 June 1807; for Whitbread’s motion of 6 July, for a committee on the state of the nation; for Ponsonby’s motion, 3 Feb. 1808, critical of the Copenhagen expedition; and for Calcraft’s amendment to the mutiny bill, 14 Mar. He joined Brooks’s Club, 24 Mar. 1808. At that time the lord advocate admitted that administration could not expect to dislodge Campbell from his seat.3SRO GD51/5/364/15.

He died v.p. 13 Mar. 1809. His wife became lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Wales, a belle lettriste and reputed author of the Diary Illustrative of the Times of George IV (1838).4DNB (Bury, Lady).

Author
D.G.H.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Notes
  • 1. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, i. 387; Gent. Mag. (1796), ii. 611 gives 14 June.
  • 2. Grey mss, Maxwell to Howick, 11 June [1807].
  • 3. SRO GD51/5/364/15.
  • 4. DNB (Bury, Lady).