Walter Campbell of Shawfield

Walter Campbell of Shawfield (1741 – 19 October 1816), the grandson of Daniel Campbell MP, was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1789 to 1791.[1] He was also the Laird of Islay, Scotland.[1]

His daughter Katherine married Sir Charles Jenkinson, 10th Baronet, a cousin of Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister in 1812-27.

His son John Campbell (1770–1809) was an army officer and a Member of Parliament. John's son Walter Frederick Campbell inherited Islay on his grandfather's death.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography of Walter Campbell of Shawfield". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Burke, Bernard (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852. London: Colburn and Company. p. 179. Retrieved 5 May 2015.


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