CAMPBELL, Sir John, 2 Baronet (younger son of Sir Archibald Campbell, 1 baronet 1769–1843). b. 14 April 1806: ensign 38 foot 25 Nov. 1821, lieut. col. 7 Aug. 1840 to 21 Feb. 1854; succeeded his father 6 Oct. 1843; commanded 2 brigade of 3 division in Crimea 21 Feb. 1854; held temporary command of fourth division Nov. 1854 to 7 June 1855; M.G. 12 Dec. 1854; gazetted K.C.B. 5 July 1855; killed in attack upon the Redan 18 June 1855. I.L.N. xxvii, 373 (1855), portrait.
CAMPBELL, Sir John (son of Wm. Campbell, comr. of navy board). b. Chatham dockyard 1780; ed. at Harrow; cornet 7 hussars 1800; lieut. col. Portugese cavalry 1809; col. of fourth Portugese cavalry; organised Portugese forces 1814–20; knighted 9 March 1815; lieut. col. 75 foot 9 Aug. 1821 to 23 Sep. 1824 when he sold out; espoused cause of Dom Miguel who created him L.G.; K.T.S. 14 June 1815, K.C.T.S. 5 Oct. 1825. d. 51 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 19 Dec. 1863. G.M. xvi, 389–90 (1864).
CAMPBELL, Rev. John (son of Alexander Campbell of Kirremuir near Dundee, surgeon). b. Kirremuir 5 Oct. 1795; a blacksmith; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews and Glasgow, D.D. St. Andrews 1841; Independent minister at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Feb. 1827; minister of the Tabernacle Moorfields, London 1829 to Dec. 1865; contested Bible monopoly with Queen’s printer 1839, result being a great reduction in price of Bibles; presented with sum of £3,000, 17 Jany. 1865, contributed by 600 persons in all parts of the world; edited Christian Witness 1844–64, Christian penny magazine 1846–64, British Banner 1848–56, British Standard 1856–66, British Ensign 1858; author of Jethro 1839; Maritime discovery and Christian missions 1840; Pastoral visitation 1841; The martyr of Erromanga 1842; Life of David Nasmyth 1844; Wesleyan Methodism 1847; Popery, ancient and modern 1865. d. Manor house, St. John’s wood park, London 26 March 1867. Life by Rev. R. Ferguson and Rev. A. M. Brown (1867); Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 283–8.
CAMPBELL, John. Ensign 44 foot 23 Jany. 1812; commanded Beauharnois district during rebellion in Canada 1838; col. of 97 foot 15 Dec. 1861 and of 92 foot 3 March 1869 to death; L.G. 4 July 1864. d. Lipson terrace, Plymouth 28 Dec. 1871 aged 73.
CAMPBELL, Sir John (eld. son of John Campbell of Lochend, Argyleshire 1771–1827). b. Kingsburgh, island of Skye 1802; ensign 91 foot 21 Jany. 1819; lieut. 41 Madras N.I. 5 April 1820; lieut. col. 45 Madras N.I. 1850 to 2 Jany. 1854; colonel 14 Madras N.I. 1860–9; general 21 March 1872; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842; K.C.S.I. 2 June 1869 for his services in suppression of human sacrifice among the Khonds of hill tracts of Orissa, Bengal; author of Personal narrative of 13 years service among the wild tribes of Khondistan 1864. d. 1 Hampton terrace, Edinburgh 21 April 1878. A memorial history of the Campbells of Melfort by M. O. C. (1882) 60–62.
CAMPBELL, John Archibald (eld. son of John Campbell of the Citadel, Leith). b. 1788; a writer to the Signet 1813; joint crown agent 1813–6; sheriff clerk of Midlothian 1843–59; helped to found some of the most thriving institutions in Edinburgh; F.R.S. Edin. 1837. d. 2 Albyn place, Edin. 7 Sep. 1866 in 78 year.
CAMPBELL, Sir John Eyton, 8 Baronet. b. 22 May 1809; succeeded April 1834. d. Gibraltar 9 Dec. 1853.
CAMPBELL, John Francis (son of Walter Frederick Campbell 1798–1855). b. 29 Dec. 1822; ed. at Eton and Univ. of Edin.; barrister I.T. 2 May 1851; private sec. to Lord privy seal 1853; assistant sec. to general board of health 1854; sec. to Lighthouse commission 1859; groom of Privy chamber 1861; sec. to Mines commission 1863; sec. to Coal commission 1866; groom in waiting in ordinary to Victoria 1874–80; invented sunshine recorder for indicating varying intensity of sun’s rays; author of Popular tales of the West Highlands orally collected 4 vols. 1860–2; Frost and fire 1865, new ed. 2 vols. 1867; Circular notes, tour round the world 2 vols. 1876; issued a series of Gaelic texts under title of Leabhair na Fenine 1872. d. Cannes 17 Feb. 1885. I.L.N. lxxxvi, 224, 294 (1885), portrait.
CAMPBELL, John Francis Glencairn. Ensign 91 foot 25 Oct. 1827, lieut. col. 14 April 1846 to 12 Nov. 1860; colonel 79 foot 12 July 1868 to death; L.G. 3 Feb. 1870; C.B. 6 March 1858. d. Jersey 20 Aug. 1870 aged 60.
CAMPBELL, Rev. John McLeod (eld. child of Rev. Donald Campbell 1758–1843, minister of Kilninver, Argyleshire). b. Ardnaddy house near Kilninver 4 May 1800; ed. at Univs. of Glasgow 1811–20 and Edinburgh; licensed as a preacher 1821; minister of parish of Row, Dumbartonshire 8 Sep. 1825 to Aug. 1831 when deposed by General Assembly on charge of holding and teaching doctrines on assurance of faith and atonement contrary to standards of the church; minister of Blackfriars st. chapel Glasgow 17 Sep. 1833 to April 1859; D.D. Glasgow April 1868; author of Sermons and lectures 1832; Christ the bread of life 1851, 2 ed. 1869; The nature of the Atonement 1856, 4 ed. 1873; Thoughts on revelation 1862. d. Acknashire, Rosneath 27 Feb. 1872. J. M. Campbell’s Reminiscences and reflections 1873; Memorials of J.M. Campbell edited by his son Rev. Donald Campbell 2 vols. 1877, portrait; Blackwood’s Mag. cxxii, 283–302 (1877).