Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

CAMPBELL, JAMES. Barrister L.I. 8 Feb. 1821, bencher 1851; Q.C. July 1851; charity comr. for England and Wales 6 Nov. 1855 to death. _d._ 10 York place, Portman sq. London 2 March 1866. CAMPBELL, SIR JAMES (_son of James Campbell of Perth_). _b._ Inchanoch, Port of Monteith, Perthshire 3 June 1790; warehouseman at Glasgow; lord provost of Glasgow 1840–3; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 April 1842 after presenting an address on birth of Prince of Wales. _d._ Stracathrow house, Brechin, Forfarshire 10 Sep. 1876. CAMPBELL, REV. JAMES ROBERTSON. _b._ Glasgow 1814; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. 1835, D.D. 1861; pastor of Congregational church Montrose 1835, of church in Albany st. Edinburgh 1844, of Horton lane ch. Bradford 1 July 1855 to 14 Oct. 1883; chairman of Congregational Union of England and Wales 1867; edited _Ralph Wardlaw’s Systematic theology_ 1856; author of _The form of sound words, A handbook of the principles of Holy Scripture_ 1858; found _dead_ in his bed at Cliffe house, Baildon near Bradford 1 Dec.