CAMERON, John. Second lieut. R.E. 12 Dec. 1834, colonel 1 Jany. 1868 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; F.R.S. 4 June 1868; C.B. 14 June 1870; director of ordnance survey of Great Britain and Ireland, Aug. 1875 to death; edited Ordnance survey. Meteorological observations 1856. d. Ordnance house, Southampton 30 June 1878 aged 61.
CAMERON, John Alexander. b. Inverness; a bank clerk; contributed to Bombay Gazette, acting editor to 1878, special correspondent in Afghan war 1878; special correspondent of the London Standard in Afghan war 1879; crossed from Bombay to Natal on outbreak of Boer insurrection Dec. 1880; present at battles of Laing’s Nek and Ingogo Jany. 1881; taken prisoner at battle of Majuba Hill Feb. 1881; special correspondent of Standard in Egypt 1882–3 his description of bombardment of Alexandria was best sent home; accompanied British force in advance upon Tokar, witnessed battles of El Teb and Tamanieb; shot by Arabs near Metemneh in Sir H. Stewart’s desert march to Gubat on the Nile 18 Jany. 1885. London Figaro 9 Dec. 1882; Graphic xxiii, 437 (1881), portrait; I.L.N. lxxxvi, 146, 218 (1885), portrait; Standard 29 Jany. 1885 pp. 5–6.
CAMERON, Julia Margaret (3 dau. of James Pattle of Bengal civil service). b. Calcutta 11 June 1815; raised in Calcutta a large sum of money for relief of sufferers in Irish famine 1846; lived in England 1848–75; went to Ceylon 1875; began photographing 1865, took admirable portraits of many eminent persons, gained gold medals in America, Austria, Germany and England; exhibited large collection of her portraits and studies at the German gallery in Bond st. London March 1868; wrote many poems some of them in Macmillan’s Mag.; translated Burger’s Leonora 1847. (m. 1838 Charles Hay Cameron 1795–1880). d. Ceylon 26 Jany. 1879. Sir H. Taylor’s Autobiography ii, 48–55, 184–8.
CAMERON, Lucy Lyttelton (youngest child of Rev. George Butt 1741–95, V. of Stanford-on-Teme, Worcs.) b. Stanford-on-Teme 29 April 1781; ed. at Reading 1792–7; author of The two lambs 1827; Addresses to children on the Beatitudes 1828; The Caskets, 12 ed. 1833; The Berkshire shepherd, 6 ed. 1840 and many more childrens books. (m. 12 June 1806 Rev. Charles Richard Cameron 1781–1865). d. Swaby rectory 6 Sep. 1858. The life of Mrs. Cameron by Rev. G. T. Cameron, 2 ed. 1873, portrait.
CAMERON, Patrick. Entered Madras army 1802; colonel 1 Madras light cavalry 12 April 1843 to 1869; general 24 Oct. 1858. d. Gordonston, Inverness 8 Dec. 1871 aged 87.
CAMIDGE, John (3 son of Mathew Camidge 1758–1844, organist of York minster). b. York 1790; Mus. Bac. Cam. 1812, Mus. Doc. 1819; Mus. Doc. Lambeth 1855; assistant organist of York minster, organist 15 Oct. 1842 to death; paralysed while playing the evening service 28 Nov. 1848, never played again; adapted much classical music for use in the Anglican service; published Cathedral music consisting of a service, anthems and 50 double chants; Six glees for 3 and 4 voices. d. Gray’s court, Chapter house st. York 21 Sep. 1859. Musical World 1 Oct. 1859, p. 634.
CAMMELL, Charles (son of George Cammell of Hull). b. Hull 8 Jany. 1810; steel and file manufacturer at Sheffield 1837, added manufacture of rails and railway material 1861, and of armour plates 1863; his business was converted into a limited liability company 1864, of which he was chairman to his death; acquired Yorkshire iron and steel works at Penistone 1865, and the Oaks colliery near Barnsley 1873; M.I.M.E. Oct. 1847. d. 7 South wick crescent, Hyde park, London 12 Jany. 1879, personalty sworn under £250,000, 8 March 1879. Iron and steel institute journal 1879, p. 615.
CAMOYS, Thomas Stonor, 3 Baron (eld. son of Thomas Stonor of Stonor near Henley-on-Thames 1766–1831). b. London 22 Oct. 1797; M.P. for Oxford 13 Dec. 1832 to March 1833, when unseated on petition; contested Oxfordshire 29 July 1837; sheriff of Oxfordshire 1835; summoned to House of Lords 14 Sep. 1839, when ancient barony of Camoys was called out of abeyance, having been dormant since 12 Aug. 1426; a lord in waiting on the Queen 1846–52, 1853–8, 1859–66 and 1868–74. d. Stonor 18 Jany. 1881. I.L.N. lxxviii, 125 (1881), portrait.
CAMPANA, A. Fabio. b. Bologna 1815; settled in London about 1850 as teacher of singing; composed 6 operas Caterina di Guisa 1838, Giulio d’Este 1841, Vannina d’Ornano 1842, Luisa di Francia 1844, Almina, produced in London 1860 and Esmeralda, produced at Covent Garden theatre London 14 June 1870; composed The little gipsy, The twilight hour, The scout and about 400 other drawing room songs. d. 15 Westbourne place, Eaton sq. London 1 Feb. 1882.
CAMPBELL, John Campbell, 1 Baron (younger son of Rev. George Campbell 1747–1824, minister of Cupar; Fifeshire). b. Springfield near Cupar 15 Sep. 1779; ed. at Cupar gr. sch. and Univ. of St. Andrews; reported in House of Commons and law courts for Morning Chronicle 1800–5; barrister L.I. 15 Nov. 1806, bencher 1827, treasurer 1834; leader of Oxford circuit 1824–7; K.C. 13 June 1827; chairman of real property commission 9 June 1828; M.P. for Stafford 1830–2, for Dudley 1832–4 and for Edinburgh 1834–41; solicitor general 23 Nov. 1832 to 22 Feb. 1834; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 Dec. 1832; attorney general 22 Feb. 1834 to Nov. 1834 and 30 April 1835 to 22 June 1841; lord chancellor of Ireland 22 June 1841 to Sep. 1841; created Baron Campbell of St. Andrews 30 June 1841; P.C. 22 June 1841; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 6 July 1846 to 6 March 1850; serjeant at law 5 March 1850; chief justice of Court of Queen’s Bench 6 March 1850 to 18 June 1859; tried Wm. Palmer the poisoner 14 to 27 May 1856; lord chancellor 18 June 1859 to death; he was the first peer ever made a serjeant at law and held the great seal at an older age than any previous lord chancellor; author of Reports of cases determined at Nisi Prius 4 vols. 1809–16; The lives of the lord chancellors 7 vols. 1846–7, 4 ed. 10 vols. 1856–7; The lives of the lord justices 3 vols. 1849–57; Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham 1869. d. Stratheden lodge, Kensington, London 23 June 1861. bur. Jedburgh abbey 29 June. Life of Lord Campbell 2 vols. 1881, portrait; W. H. Bennet’s Select biographical sketches (1867) 153–76; Ballantine’s Some experiences i, 184–206 (1882); O. J. Burke’s Lord chancellors of Ireland (1879) 262–72; Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. iv, 484–91 (1862); Quarterly Review cli, 1–40 (1881); I.L.N. iv, 180 (1844), portrait, xvi, 173 (1850), portrait, xxxviii, 611 (1861), portrait; Law mag. and law rev. xi, 347–95 (1861).