Robert Campbell (MP)

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Robert Campbell
George Butt
Succeeded byRobert Brooks
Arthur Egerton
Personal details
Born1813
Died (aged 48)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Whig

Robert James Roy Campbell (1813 โ€“ 7 June 1862)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[2]

Campbell was first elected Whig MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1857 general election, and held the seat until 1859, when he stood as a Liberal but was defeated.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Election Intelligence". Globe. 21 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Butt
Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
1857โ€“1859
With: William Freestun
Succeeded by