bell, Captain. Dr= Accused in connection with Walker affair, 36;
tried and acquitted, 38.
=Campbell, General. Dr= Commissioner for exchange of prisoners, 207.
=Campbell, Sir Alexander= (1821-1892). Studied law under John A.
Macdonald, with whom he later formed a partnership; and called to the
bar of Upper Canada, 1843. Elected to the Legislative Council, 1858;
and Speaker, 1863. Commissioner of crown lands, 1864-1866;
postmaster-general in first Dominion ministry, 1867-1873; minister of
the interior, 1873; receiver-general, 1878-1879; postmaster-general,
1879-1880; 1880-1881; 1885-1887; minister of militia and defence, 1880;
minister of justice, 1881-1885. In 1887 appointed lieutenant-governor of
Ontario, an office which he retained up to the time of his death.
=Index=: =Md= Enters J. A. Macdonald's law office as a student, 6; forms
partnership with Macdonald, 10; his letter to Macdonald on the political
situation, 31; postmaster-general in first Dominion Cabinet, 134;
consults Imperial government as to proposed withdrawal of troops from
Canada, Fenian Raids, etc., 168; his attempt to merge the two Canadian
Pacific Railway syndicates, 200. =T= Delegate to Charlottetown
Conference, 74; to Quebec Conference, 76; postmaster-general in first
Dominion Cabinet, 129. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._;
Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_.
=Campbell, Sir Archibald= (1769-1843). Born in Scotland. Entered the
army, 1787. Served throughout the Peninsular War, 1808-1814; in 1821
commanded a regiment in India; conducted the Burmese War; and 1826-1829,
governor of British Burmah. From 1831 to 1837 lieutenant-governor of New
Brunswick. =Index=: =W= Lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick,
correspondence with Goderich on crown lands, 23; with Stanley on same
subject, 25; addressed by Assembly on question of revenues, 27; refuses
to lay before Assembly his correspondence with colonial secretary, 28;
dissolves the Assembly, 29, 31-32; opposed to popular reform, 35;
refuses to assent to Civil List Bill, 44-45, 46; resigns, 47. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._; Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.
=Campbell, Sir Colin= (1776-1847). Served in India, 1801-1804, and
afterwards in Denmark and the Peninsula; attached to Wellington's staff
at the battle of Waterloo; promoted major-general, 1825;
lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1834-1840; governor of Ceylon,
1840-1847. =Index=: =H= Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 45, 58;
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