Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1754)
Colin Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Gibraltar | |
| In office 1809–1814 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Cradock |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Don |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1754 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 2 April 1814 (aged 59) |
| Spouse | Mary Johnston |
| Parent(s) | John Campbell Anne Carolina Campbell |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1771–1814 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Irish Rebellion Peninsular War |
Lieutenant General Colin Campbell (21 November 1754 – 2 April 1814) was Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar.
Early life[edit]
Campbell was born in Edinburgh on 21 November 1754. He was the son of John Campbell, First Cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Anne Carolina Campbell, herself a daughter of landowner James Campbell of Tofts.[1]
His father was an illegitimate son of the Hon. Colin Campbell of Ardmaddie, a son of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland by his second marriage to the former Mary Sinclair, Countess of Caithness (née Lady Mary Campbell), the widow of George Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness who was a daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll).[1]
Military career[edit]
Campbell was commissioned into the 71st Regiment of Foot in 1771 and then transferred to the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1783.[2] In 1796 he went to Ireland and two years later fought at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.[2]
In 1810 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar.[2] During the Peninsular War he insisted on keeping Gibraltar well garrisoned and also regarded Tarifa as within his command and denied it to the French invading force there.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Campbell was married to Mary Johnston (c. 1764–1832), a daughter of Guy Johnson and Mary "Polly" Johnson (the daughter of Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet). Together, they were the parents of:[3]
- Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet (1786–1849), who married Frances Elizabeth Burgoyne in 1817. After her death in 1818, he married Pamela FitzGerald, the eldest daughter of Lord Edward FitzGerald and Pamela Syms in 1820.[4][5]
- John Campbell (1788–1841), he was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath.[6][7]
- William Johnson Campbell (1789–1854), who married Anna Maria Vincent, a daughter of Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet, in 1817.[8]
- Mary Campbell (1791–1841)[3]
- Colin Alexander Campbell (1793–1860), a Reverend who married Hon. Beatrice Charlotte Byng, daughter of John Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington, in 1820.[3]
- Anne Carolina Julia Campbell (1795–1815), who married George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1812.[9] After her death in 1815, he married Lady Susan Caroline Somerset, a daughter of the 6th Duke of Beaufort.[3]
- James Thomas Campbell (1800–1866), a Reverend who was Rector at Tilston.[3]
- Julia Arabella Maria Campbell (1803–1880)[3]
- William Frederick Campbell (1808–1846)[3]
- Maria Louisa Campbell (1815–1888)[3]
Campbell died on 2 April 1814. His son Guy was created a Baronet in his honour in 1815.[10]
Descendants[edit]
Through his son William, he was a grandfather of Mary Caroline Campbell (1820–1876), who married Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba (younger son of the 12th Duke of Híjar. Mary and William were the parents of Alfonso de Silva y Campbell, 15th Duke of Híjar.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell Campbell (3d bart.) (1925). Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company, 1600-1858. Longmans, Green & Company. p. 144. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Colin Campbell at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, p. 661.
- ^ Stephens, H. M (2004). "Campbell, Sir Guy, first baronet (1786–1849)". In James Lunt (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4501. Retrieved 22 August 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. p. 170. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Campbell, H. G. (2017). Catherine Weissenberg. ISBN 978-1-326-98873-9. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. Henry Colburn. 1858. p. 144. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Chapmen, John Henry (1896). The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex. Mitchell & Hughes. p. 147. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Bosworth & Harrison. 1864. p. 53. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage and Knightage (and Companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1880. p. 73. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ The American Genealogist. D.L. Jacobus. 1954. p. 109. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
