James Colquhoun Campbell

James Colquhoun Campbell (27 December 1813 – 9 November 1895)[1] was a Welsh Anglican bishop.

Bishop Campbell

Born at Stonefield, Argyllshire, he was the son of John Campbell and his wife Wilhelmina, the daughter of Sir James Colquhoun, 2nd Baronet.[2] Campbell was educated in Chester and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1836, M.A. in 1839, D.D. in 1859.[3][4]

Campbell was Rector of St Nicholas, Cardiff in 1839, then became vicar in Roath in 1840 and was subsequently appointed rector in Merthyr Tydfil in 1844.[4] He was nominated Archdeacon of Llandaff in 1857 and was consecrated 70th Bishop of Bangor in 1859.[4] After more than thirty years in this post, Campbell retired in 1890 and died at Hastings five years later.[1]

In 1840, he married Blanche, the daughter of John Bruce Pryce[2] and sister of Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b Cooper, Thompson (1884). Men of the Time (11th ed.). London: George Routledge and Sons. p. 219.
  3. ^ "Campbell, James Colquhoun (CMBL831JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 102.
Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Llandaff
1857–1859
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Bangor
1859–1890
Succeeded by