Duncan Campbell (Unionist politician)

Duncan Frederick Campbell DSO (28 April 1876 Simcoe, Ontario, Canada – 4 September 1916) was a Canadian-born British politician and soldier.

[1] He served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in the Second Boer War 1899–1901, including as part of the Ladysmith Relief Force, and was slightly wounded at the engagement at Venters Spruit (20 January 1900), for which he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

Campbell entered the House of Commons at a by-election, 20 December 1911, defeating Andrew Macbeth Anderson QC, who sought re-election on being appointed Solicitor General for Scotland.

Anderson, in accordance with the constitutional arrangements of the day, was obliged to resign as an MP and fight a by-election on being appointed a law officer of the Crown.

[9] A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Campbell.

Duncan Frederick Campbell in a photograph published in The Lancashire Fusiliers Annual 1916 following his death in the First World War.
Duncan Campbell's name on the Soldiers' Tower at the University of Toronto