Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy
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Charles Henry Gordon Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy (1885–1963) succeeded his father James to become 2nd Baron Glenavy in March 1931. He was in turn succeeded as the 3rd Baron by his son, the satirist and television personality Patrick Campbell.
Charles was a barrister who met and married Beatrice Elvery. He was a contemporary of D. H. Lawrence, to whom he was introduced by Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry on 26 July 1913. [1]
He was appointed a director of the Bank of Ireland, and was involved in the transition of the Currency Commission into the Central Bank of Ireland in 1942-43.
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- 1885 births
- 1963 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- People from County Dublin
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