George Campbell

George Augustus Campbell (7 July 1847 – 12 September 1930) was an English cricketer.

Early life George was the son of Colonel Herbert Frederick Campbell of Evenley Hall and his wife, Louisa Cox. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and was educated at Wellington College, where he first attended in 1860. His family was of Scottish descent and could trace their roots back to the 2nd Earl of Argyll.

Career Campbell made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire against Surrey in 1866 at Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool. Surrey won the toss and elected to field first, with Lancashire being put into bat. In their first inning, Lancashire made 125 all out, with Campbell being dismissed for 10 runs by Frederick Miller. Surrey then responded in their first inning by making 116 runs, with Lancashire then making 86 runs in their second inning, in which Campbell was dismissed for 8 runs by George Griffith. Surrey reached 96/7 in their second innings to win the match by three wickets. This was his only major appearance for Lancashire. Campbell's batting style is unknown.

Later career He was also a keen hunter and, for eleven years, the Secretary to the Grafton Hounds. Politically, he was a Conservative and was for many years President of the Brackley Conservative Association. In business, he was a partner in a firm of bankers and army agents, Cox and Company, which was formed through connections in his mother's family. who married Hon. Beryl Dawnay, a daughter of Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe. Evelyn Mary Campbell (b. 1874), who married Hubert Francis Eaton, also a first-class cricket player, in 1894.

He died at Brackley, Northamptonshire, on 12 September 1930. His funeral was well attended, with distinguished mourners such as Archibald Campbell, the then Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, and Oliver Fitzroy, who attended as a representative of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Edward FitzRoy.