Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

Donald Campbell
Born 1788
Died 1856
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1791–1832
Rank Rear-Admiral
Commands held HMS Tobago
HMS Lily
HMS Pert
HMS Espiegle
HMS Port d'Espagne
HMS Rosamond
Leeward Islands Station
Battles/wars French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell (1788–1856) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the Leeward Islands Station.

Born the eldest son of Colin Campbell of Auchendoun, Argyll, Campbell joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1791.[1] He became commander of the schooner HMS Tobago in February 1805, the packet boat HMS Lily in September 1805 and the sloop HMS Pert in May 1807.[1] He went on to be command the sloop HMS Espiegle in September 1809, the sloop HMS Port d'Espagne in April 1810 and the fifth-rate HMS Rosamond in September 1810.[1] He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1818[2] and Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in 1822 before retiring in 1832.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 O'Byrne
  2. Haydn, Joseph (13 Jun 2008). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 279.

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Military offices
Preceded by
John Harvey
Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station
18181819
Succeeded by
Thomas Huskisson
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