Walter Frederick Campbell
Walter Frederick Campbell of
Early life and political career
He was born on 10 April 1798, the son of
Campbell took over the Argyllshire parliamentary seat of his uncle Lord John Campbell in 1822, based on his Whig sympathies. Initially his attendance in the House of Commons was sporadic. He did not contest his seat in 1832, shortly after his first wife's death; he was returned unopposed in 1835, and remained in parliament to 1841.[2]
Campbell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 3 June 1822.[1]
Laird of Islay
As the Laird of
Campbell spent heavily, and a debt of £815,000 lay on the estate.
Campbell in April 1847 was assuring officials that he would create employment so that men would not be idle: but in writing to
Creditors moved in at the end of 1847, and the family left Islay.[6] The estate was put into the hands of trustees, from 1848 to 1853 when it was sold to James Morrison. The debt burden stood at £185,000.[9]
Last years
Campbell spent some time with his ailing sister Harriet Bury, Countess of Charleville, in Italy. He then settled in Avranches, Normandy, in reduced circumstances.[2] He died on 8 February 1855 in Avranches, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Family
Campbell was twice married:[2]
- Firstly, in 1820, to his cousin, Lady Eleanor Charteris (d. 1832), daughter of Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss;
- Secondly, in 1837, to Katherine Isabella, daughter of Stephen Thomas Cole.
By his first wife, he was the father of John Francis Campbell (1821–1885), born in Islay.[11]
Of the children of the second marriage:
- Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell was an army officer and courtier.[12]
- Augusta Elizabeth married in 1858 William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884), Member of Parliament.[12]
- Eila Frederika (Frederica) married in 1860 Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 6th Baronet.[12]
- Violet Katherine married in 1870 Henry Wyndham West.[12]
- Castalia (Castilia) Rosalind married in 1865 Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville as his second wife.[13]
Legacy
- Port Ellen, was named in 1821 by Walter Frederick Campbell for his wife, Eleanor, as was Port Wemyss near Portnahaven.[14]
- Port Charlotte was named in 1828, Walter Frederick Campbell after his mother, Charlotte.[14]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Campbell, Walter Frederick (1798-1855), of Islay House, Argyll and Woodhall, Lanark. History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852. London: Colburn and Company. p. 179. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-902220-65-2.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Islay House (GDL00228)".
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-85976-201-4.
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- ^ J.F. Campbell - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b c d Burke, Bernard (1882). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Vol. I. p. 257.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. R. Hardwicke. p. 425.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.