Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell, 7th Baronet

Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell, 7th Baronet (15 December 1812 – 30 January 1894)[1][2] was a British Conservative and Tory politician.[3][4]

Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell
Member of Parliament
for Berwickshire
In office
13 January 1834 – 4 August 1847
Preceded byCharles Albany Marjoribanks
Succeeded byFrancis Scott
Personal details
Born15 December 1812
Died30 January 1894(1894-01-30) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative/Tory

He was the son of William Purves-Hume-Campbell and Charlotte Rey. In 1834, he married Margaret Penelope Spottiswoode, daughter of John Spottiswoode and Helen Wauchope, and they had one child: Helen Purves-Hume-Campbell (c. 1835–1875).[4]

Purves-Hume-Campbell was first elected Tory MP for Berwickshire at a by-election in 1834—caused by the death of Charles Albany Marjoribanks—and held the seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.[3][5] A keen cricketer, he played first-class cricket twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1837, playing at Lord's against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[6]

He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Purves Hall in 1833 upon the death of his father. Upon his own death in 1894, the title was inherited by John Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell.[2][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (7 April 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Rayment, Leigh (1 October 2018). "The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Baronets beginning with "H"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 197. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (2 September 2005). "Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell of Marchmont, 7th Bt". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Campbell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwickshire
18341847
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Purves Hall)
1833–1894
Succeeded by