Daniel Campbell (died 1753)

Daniel Campbell (c. 1671 – 1753) was a Scottish merchant, slave trader and politician who sat in the British House of Commons representing the constituency of Clyde Burghs from 1716 to 1734.

He was very successful as a merchant, and in 1707 purchased the estate of Shawfield or Schawfield, in Rutherglen, from Sir James Hamilton.

A follower of the Duke of Argyll, he represented Inverary in the Scottish parliament from 1702 till the union, and was one of the commissioners who signed the treaty.

Campbell had voted for the imposition of the malt tax in Scotland, and on this account the mob, after taking possession of the city and preventing the officers of excise from collecting it, proceeded to the Shawfield mansion and completely demolished the interior.

[2] The provost and magistrates were arrested on the ground of having favoured the mob, and Campbell received £9,000 from the city as compensation for the damages caused by the riot.

Soon afterwards he purchased the island of Islay, the sum obtained from the city forming a large part of the money paid for it.