Date of Birth: 08/04/1770
Place of Birth: Ulster, Ireland
Date of Death: 07/01/1830
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
30 Jan 1829 |
07 Jan 1830 |
11 months 9 days |
An Appointed Member of the first Legislative Council 1824 - 1843 |
| Collector of Customs |
05 Apr 1827 |
01 Jan 1828 |
8 months 28 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant. Vice-Regal secretary (1810 - 1820); Collector of Customs (1827 - 1828). Educated at home by their father. Spent the years from 1793 until 1795 in the Bank of Ireland. After arriving in Sydney, on 1 January 1810 Campbell was appointed secretary to Macquarie. Campbell took a leading part in the founding of the Bank of New South Wales from 1816 until 1817 and was appointed as the first president of the Board of Directors. As a private citizen was a large landholder and a most efficient farmer and breeder of cattle and horses.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Eldest son of the Reverend William Campbell, vicar of Newry, County Armagh, Ireland, and his wife Mary McCammon.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1
