Marshall Campbell

Sir Marshall Campbell (1848–1917) was a pioneer of the sugar industry in the Colony of Natal and parliamentarian concerned with Bantu affairs.

Shortly after their arrival in Durban, Marshall's father was awarded a contract to construct the harbour's North Pier.

This enabled him to buy land on the Umdhloti River, and develop his farm which he called Muckleneuk, Scots for 'great bend'.

He married Ellen Blamey, daughter of another sugar pioneer, in 1877 and settled at Mount Edgecombe, raising a family of four children.

Two of his children, Margaret ('Killie') and William, were instrumental in founding The Killie Campbell Collection of Africana housed at Muckleneuk.