James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1835)

Major-General Sir James Campbell (c. 1773–1835) was a Scottish army officer and colonial governor.

[1] He was son of Major-General Dugald Campbell of Auchinleck (1742–1809) and his wife Elizabeth Mackay.

It was sent to Portugal in 1810, and was on garrison duty in Lisbon and then Cadiz, Campbell commanding it in a brigade of the 3rd Division under Thomas Picton.

[1][6] Their fourth child, James Campbell (1822–1894), worked as an astronomer with Edmund Neville Nevill.

[5] Three daughters, Elizabeth Ann Louisa, Charlotte and Emily, survived their father.