UCL

William Campbell MP

Profile & Legacies Summary

1710 - 1787

Biography

MP for Glasgow Burghs 1734-1741. Married as his first wife Susanna, daughter of Hon. Thomas Bernard of Jamaica, who inherited £5000 under her father's will. No evidence has been found of direct slave-owning by either of the couple.


Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/campbell-william-1710-87 [accessed 04/05/2017].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Married but no further details

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house
Liston Hall [Built] 
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Country house in Essex on the Suffolk border, built by William Campbell on the site of an estate which came to him by his third...
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Demolished...

Political (1)

MP
 
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Glasgow Burghs Dumbarton / Lanark / Renfrew
1734 - 1741

Relationships (3)

William Campbell MP
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Hon. Thomas Bernard
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William Campbell MP
Father → Son
John Campbell II MP
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William Campbell MP
Brother-in-laws
William Henry Bernard
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Addresses (1)

Liston Hall, near Long Melford, Essex, South-east England, England
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