John Graham Campbell

Trustees for John Graham Campbell were awarded the compensation for New Hope, Retrieve, Albany, Ackendown Pen and Bog in Westmoreland in Jamaica. John Graham Campbell was the son of John Campbell of New Hope and Helen Storer, and brother of James Campbell (q.v.) of Baker Street.

1. John Graham Campbell was the plaintiff in the suit of Campbell v Graham, ruled on in 1831. The case arose from the will of William Graham (who died in 1790) made in 1768. The summary shows that John Campbell of New Hope returned to England in 1790 and died in 1801.

2. Administration of estate of John Graham Campbell, late of Trinity Place Charing Cross, a bachelor who died at Mons Belgium 24/12/1870 granted 01/03/1871 to Archibald Samuels Campbell, nephew, of 1 Wharf-Road, City Road, effects under £1000 resworn at under £3000 at Principal Registry. Archibald Samuel [sic] Campbell, son of James Campbell of London, born Baker Street 20/10/1820, matriculated St Johns Cambridge Michaelmas 1839, 'went to Jamaica where his uncle John Graham had an estate; resided there 1847-1870.'

T71/871 Westmoreland Nos. 213, 214, 215, 465, 467A, 467B and 468. New Hope and Albany were shown as heirs of John Campbell and Retrieve as Sweet & Beke in the 1811 Jamaica Almanac; in 1816 New Hope, Albany, Ackendown and Bog are shown as John Graham Campbell by 1833, Retrieve has been added.

1. The Law Journal Vol. 9 Cases in Chancery pp. 234-242; another account in Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court..Vol. 1 p. 454 explicitly identifes John Graham Campbell as the son of John Campbell of New Hope. The will of William Graham is transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/CrooksGraham.htm#William [accessed 23/02/2015].

2. National Probate Calendar 1871; Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online].