Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, 1st Baronet, KStJ JP (9 April 1879 – 17 July 1945) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Edward Campbell in 1928

Ancestry edit

He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Campbell (15 June 1843 – Airds, Sydenham Hill, Surrey, 13 September 1926) and wife (m. Christ Church, Paddington, 28 January 1869) Emilie Guillamine Maclaine (c. 1847 – Airds, Sydenham Hill, Surrey, 21 July 1928) and the paternal grandson of Sir John Campbell, of Airds.

Career edit

Educated at Dulwich College, Dulwich, London, prior to entering politics he served as a Vice Consul in Java between 1914 and 1920.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell North West in 1924 but was defeated in 1929. He returned to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1930 as member for Bromley and sat until his death, which occurred during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5 July 1945. Campbell died 12 days later, but nine days before the declaration of the result. He was declared posthumously elected on 26 July 1945, provoking a by-election in his Bromley constituency. That contest was won by Harold Macmillan. (Coincidentally, Leslie Pym, the member for Monmouth, died exactly the same day and was also posthumously elected.)

In the House of Commons Campbell served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Kingsley Wood on various occasions between 1931 and 1943, and later was PPS to Henry Willink as Minister of Health.

Later years and death edit

Sir Edward Campbell was created a Knight Bachelor in 1933[1] and the 1st Baronet Campbell, of Airds in the County of Argyll, and of Bromley in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 3 July 1939.[2] He also served as Justice of the Peace of Kent. He died in Bromley, Kent, aged 66.

Marriage and children edit

He married on 28 January 1904 Edith Jane Warren (Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies, 7 December 1880 - Stonycrest, Hindhead, Surrey, 26 October 1951), daughter of Arthur John Warren (baptized St Pancras Old Church, London, 22 July 1847 - Epsom, Surrey, 17 November 1930), British Vice Consul in Surabaya and his wife Sophia Jane Wilson (St Pancras, London, 17 May 1856 - Epsom, Surrey, 26 January 1920), and had issue, including:

References edit

  1. ^ "No. 33960". The London Gazette. 14 July 1933. p. 4716.
  2. ^ "No. 34645". The London Gazette. 14 July 1939. p. 4834.

Bibliography edit

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • 'Who's Who of British MPs: Volume IV, 1945-1979' by Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees (Harvester, Brighton, 1979) ISBN 0-85527-335-6

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Camberwell North West
19241929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bromley
19301945
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Airds)
1939–1945
Succeeded by
Charles Campbell