Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet


Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, 1st Baronet, KStJ JP was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Ancestry

He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Campbell and wife Emilie Guillamine Maclaine and the paternal grandson of Sir John Campbell, of Airds.

Career

Educated at Dulwich College, Dulwich, London, prior to entering politics he served as a Vice Consul in Java between 1914 and 1920.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Camberwell North West in 1924 but was defeated in 1929. He returned to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1930 as member for Bromley and sat until his death, which occurred during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5 July 1945. Campbell died 12 days later, but nine days before the declaration of the result. He was declared posthumously elected on 26 July 1945, provoking a by-election in his Bromley constituency. That contest was won by Harold Macmillan.
In the House of Commons Campbell served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Kingsley Wood on various occasions between 1931 and 1943, and later was PPS to Henry Willink as Minister of Health.

Later years and death

Sir Edward Campbell was created a Knight Bachelor in 1933 and the 1st Baronet Campbell, of Airds in the County of Argyll, and of Bromley in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 3 July 1939. He also served as Justice of the Peace of Kent. He died in Bromley, Kent, aged 66.

Marriage and children

He married on 28 January 1904 Edith Jane Warren, daughter of Arthur John Warren, British Vice Consul in Surabaya and his wife Sophia Jane Wilson, and had issue, including: