Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

Donald Campbell
Born	1788
Died	1856
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1791–1832
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	HMS Tobago HMS Lily HMS Pert HMS Espiegle HMS Port d'Espagne HMS Rosamond Leeward Islands Station
Battles / wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars

Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell (1788–1856) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the Leeward Islands Station.

Naval career

Born the eldest son of Colin Campbell of Auchendoun, Argyll, Campbell joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1791.[1] He became commander of the schooner HMS Tobago in February 1805, the packet boat HMS Lily in September 1805 and the sloop HMS Pert in May 1807.[1] He went on to be command the sloop HMS Espiegle in September 1809, the sloop HMS Port d'Espagne in April 1810 and the fifth-rate HMS Rosamond in September 1810.[1] He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1818[2] and Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in 1822 before retiring in 1832.[1]

References

1. O'Byrne
2. Haydn, Joseph (13 June 2008). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns and Rulers of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain Original 1851 Digitized by the University of Michigan. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 279.

Sources

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Campbell, Donald" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Military offices
Preceded by John Harvey	Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station 1818–1819	Succeeded by Thomas Huskisson