Duncan Frederick Campbell

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Frederick Campbell, DSO (28 April 1876 Simcoe, Ontario – 4 September 1916) was Unionist MP for North Ayrshire who died in World War I.

Life

Campbell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on 23 November 1898, followed by promotion to lieutenant on 27 September 1899.[1]

He served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in the Second Boer War 1899-1901, including as part of the Ladysmith Relief Force, and was slightly wounded at the engagement at Venters Spruit (20 January 1900), for which he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[2] He was promoted Captain 5 October 1901.[3]

Campbell fought Mid Lanarkshire for the Conservatives in 1906. Campbell entered the House of Commons at a by-election, 20 December 1911, defeating Andrew Macbeth Anderson QC, who sought re-election on being appointed Solicitor General for Scotland. Anderson, in accordance with the constitutional arrangements of the day, was obliged to resign as an MP and fight a by-election on being appointed a law officer of the Crown. The contest was dominated by the government’s legislation on National Insurance and the uncertainties this legislation would produce for individual electors, particularly those of small manufacturers and shopkeepers. Although there was no Labour candidate, Anderson was thought to have lost some support among working-class voters because of his opposition to Labour candidates in other recent elections.[4] After a tight contest, Campbell recaptured the seat by a majority of 271 votes.[5]

He was wounded at the first battle of Ypres in November 1914; he lost his left arm and was invalided for a year. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, commanding 2nd/7th Bn, he was wounded by a mine on the Western Front and died of his wounds at Southwold, Suffolk on 4 September 1916. He is buried in Kilmarnock Cemetery, Ayrshire.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27165. p. 1077. 16 February 1900.
  2. ↑ "Duncan Frederick Campbell, Lieutenant, Lancashire Fusiliers. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa" (London Gazette, 19 April 1901)
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27370. p. 7047. 1 November 1901.
  4. ↑ The Times, 20 December 1911 p10
  5. ↑ The Times, 22 December 1911 p6
  6. ↑ CWGC entry

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew Macbeth Anderson		 Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire
1911–1916 		Succeeded by
Aylmer Hunter-Weston
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