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'''Robert James Roy Campbell''' (1813 – 7 June 1862)<ref name="leighrayment">{{cite web |last1=Rayment |first1=Leigh |title=The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm |website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |accessdate=22 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm|archivedate=22 July 2018 |url-status=usurped |date=13 June 2017 }}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18570321/070/0004 |accessdate=22 July 2018 |work=Globe |date=21 March 1857 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
'''Robert James Roy Campbell''' (1813 – 7 June 1862)<ref name="leighrayment">{{cite web |last1=Rayment |first1=Leigh |title=The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm |website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |accessdate=22 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm|archivedate=22 July 2018 |url-status=usurped |date=13 June 2017 }}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18570321/070/0004 |accessdate=22 July 2018 |work=Globe |date=21 March 1857 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


Campbell was first elected Whig MP for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] at the [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857 general election]], and held the seat until 1859, when he stood as a Liberal but was defeated.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|format=e-book |pages=282–283}}</ref>
Campbell was first elected Whig MP for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] at the [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857 general election]], and held the seat until 1859, when he stood as a Liberal but was defeated.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book |pages=282–283}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:44, 25 October 2023

Robert Campbell
Member of Parliament
for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
In office
27 March 1857 – 30 April 1859
Serving with William Freestun
Preceded byWilliam Freestun
George Butt
Succeeded byRobert Brooks
Arthur Egerton
Personal details
Born1813
Died (aged 48)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Whig

Robert James Roy Campbell (1813 – 7 June 1862)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[2]

Campbell was first elected Whig MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1857 general election, and held the seat until 1859, when he stood as a Liberal but was defeated.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Election Intelligence". Globe. 21 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
18571859
With: William Freestun
Succeeded by