Thomas Edmund Campbell

Major Thomas Edmund Campbell (1809 – 1872) C.B., came to Canada East as a British military officer, where he became a political figure and seigneur who did much to develop Rouville, Quebec.

He grew up in an affluent family, the fifth of the six children born to Duncan Campbell (d.1815), who had made a fortune in the West Indies, and Harriet (d.1817), daughter of Robert Young of Auchenshcoch.

As such, he helped structure the first election held in the Province of Canada in 1841 to aid candidates favoured by the Governor.

In 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Rouville and generally voted with the Conservatives.

Unlike many seigneurs of English origin, Campbell conducted the business of the seigneury in French.