Colquhoun Campbell

James Colquhoun Campbell (1813 – 9 November 1895)^[1] was a Scottish-born Welsh Anglican bishop.

Born at Stonefield, Argyllshire, he was the son of James 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 with a Bachelor of Arts in 1836 and a Master of Arts three years later.^[3][4] In 1859, he received a Doctor of Divinity.^[4]

Campbell 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 forty 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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office" (PDF). http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB0219%20XM%206233%20XM2830.pdf. Retrieved 5 October 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Cooper, Thompson (1884). Men of the Time (11th ed.). London: George Routledge and Sons. pp. 219. 
3. ^ Campbell, John Colquhoun in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.. pp. 102. 

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Christopher Bethell	Bishop of Bangor 1859–1890	Succeeded by Daniel Lewis Lloyd

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Name	Campbell, James Colquhoun
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Date of birth	1813
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Date of death	9 November 1895
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