Charmian Campbell

Charmian Campbell

Charmian Campbell (18 July 1942 – 5 April 2009) was a British artist, painter, model and society figure.

She was born as Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott at Selkirk, the daughter of Molly Bishop, a portrait painter, and Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott, youngest son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry.

After World War II her parents settled in Wiltshire, where she grew up with two siblings, Gina and David. She left school in 1958 to study art in Florence. She went on to study briefly at the Chelsea School of Art, where she quickly realized she was not happy and left.

She turned her hand to modelling, with success until a car crash left her with minor facial injuries. Then she returned to her drawing. Lady Antonia Fraser, who commissioned her to draw her eldest daughter. Among many others, Charmian Campbell would draw the children of the King and Queen of Spain, and those of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Other commissions included actress Natalie Wood and her children. She also made numerous portraits that were auctioned for charity, in particular for the Amber Trust, a musical charity for blind and disabled children.^[1]

Marriages

In 1964 she married Archie Stirling, elder son of Colonel William Stirling of Keir, and moved back to Scotland. After having two sons, William and Ludovic, she and Stirling divorced in the late 1970s.

After moving to Stockwell, South London, she married Colin Campbell, a television executive, and became stepmother to his two daughters from his previous marriage.

Death

Charmian Campbell died on 5 April 2009, aged 66. Her husband, sons and stepchildren survive her.

References

1. ^ Obituary in The Daily Telegraph

External links

• Obituary in The Daily Telegraph
• Lasting Tribute website

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Name	Campbell, Charmian
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Date of birth	18 July 1942
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Date of death	5 April 2009
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