About James Campbell
Lived 1778 – 1835 (aged 56–57). James Campbell was a British colonial administrator.
Major-General Sir James Campbell ( – 1835) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
Early life He was son of Major-General Dugald Campbell of Auchinleck (1742–1809) and his wife Elizabeth Mackay.
Campbell served from 1803 in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, under Arthur Wellesley. He was then Governor of Grenada, from 1826 to 1831.
Family In 1817 Campbell married Lady Louisa Dorothea Cuffe, a younger daughter of Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart. Their fourth child, James Campbell (1822–1894), worked as an astronomer with Edmund Neville Nevill.
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Who was James Campbell?
British army general and colonial governor
When was James Campbell born?
James Campbell was born in 1778.
When did James Campbell die?
James Campbell died in 1835.
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James Campbell was a colonial administrator.
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James Campbell was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1835)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). James Campbell. https://biography.guide/james-campbell-colonial-administrator/
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