Charles CAMPBELL (1810

Charles CAMPBELL (1810 - 1888)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Walter CAMPBELL (1838 - ) Agnes CAMPBELL (1841 - ) Susan CAMPBELL (1843 - ) Christian CAMPBELL (1845 - ) Frederick CAMPBELL (1846 - 1928) Sophia CAMPBELL (1848 - ) Robert CAMPBELL (1850 - )	Charles CAMPBELL (1810 - 1888) + Catherine Irena PALMER (1816 - 1863)	Robert CAMPBELL (1769 - 1846)	John CAMPBELL (1728 - )

			Agnes PATERSON (1729 - )

		Sophia PALMER (1777 - 1833)	John PALMER (1727 - 1808)

			Sarah TAYLOR (1735 - 1796)

Pic P1. Charles Campbell (1810 - 1888), by unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. GPO 1 - 17509

Pic 1. Charles Campbell (1810 - 1888), by unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. GPO 1 - 17509

b. 20 Sep 1810 at At sea

m. 1837 Catherine Irena PALMER (1816 - 1863) at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

d. 17 Aug 1888 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland aged 77

Near Relatives of Charles CAMPBELL (1810 - 1888)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John CAMPBELL	1728
Grandmother	Agnes PATERSON	1729
Grandfather	John PALMER	1727		1808		81
Grandmother	Sarah TAYLOR	abt 1735		abt 1796		61

Father in Law	George Thomas PALMER	26 Apr 1784	Brompton, Kent, England	26 Oct 1854	Bath, Somerset, England	70
Mother in Law	Catherine Irena PEMBERTON	1787		04 Oct 1855	Bath, Somerset, England	68

Father	Robert CAMPBELL	28 Apr 1769	Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland	15 Apr 1846	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	76
Mother	Sophia PALMER	1777	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England	05 May 1833	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	56

Self	Charles CAMPBELL	20 Sep 1810	At sea	17 Aug 1888	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland	77

Wife	Catherine Irena PALMER	1816	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	28 Apr 1863	Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England	47

Son	Walter CAMPBELL	1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Agnes CAMPBELL	1841	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Susan CAMPBELL	1843	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Christian CAMPBELL	1845	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Frederick CAMPBELL	1846	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	19 Aug 1928	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	82
Daughter	Sophia CAMPBELL	1848	New South Wales, Australia
Son	Robert CAMPBELL	1850	New South Wales, Australia

Brother	John CAMPBELL	1802	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	84
Brother	Robert CAMPBELL	05 Oct 1804	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	55
Sister	Sophia Palmer CAMPBELL	1807	New South Wales, Australia	abt 1811	England	4
Sister	Sophia Ives CAMPBELL	1812	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Sarah CAMPBELL	1815	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1856	Madeira, Atlantic Ocean	41
Brother	George Palmer CAMPBELL	27 Jun 1818	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	25 Oct 1881	London, Middlesex, England	63
Brother	Frederick Marsden CAMPBELL	1821	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1844		23

Daughter in Law	Frances Catherine Burford WRIGHT	1855	Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia	11 Feb 1881	Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia	26
Daughter in Law	Christina MCPHEE	1861	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	16 May 1933	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	72

Granddaughter	Catherine CAMPBELL	1879	St George, New South Wales, Australia	1879		0
Granddaughter	Sybil Jean CAMPBELL	1880	St George, New South Wales, Australia	1962		82
Grandson	Charles Bruce CAMPBELL	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29 Nov 1917	Cambrai, France	27
Granddaughter	Kate Agnes Margaret Annabella CAMPBELL	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1969		76
Grandson	Walter Malcolm CAMPBELL	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1972	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	John Andrew McDuff CAMPBELL	1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	15

Uncle	John PALMER	17 Jun 1760	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England	27 Sep 1833	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	73
Aunt	Susan STILWELL	06 Aug 1762	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA	22 Nov 1832	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	70

Cousin	George Thomas PALMER	26 Apr 1784	Brompton, Kent, England	26 Oct 1854	Bath, Somerset, England	70
Cousin	John Westwick PALMER	1786	Brompton, Kent, England	1787		1
Cousin	Henry Westwick PALMER	1787	Brompton, Kent, England	1788	Brompton, Kent, England	1
Cousin	John PALMER	1797	Brompton, Kent, England	1839		42
Cousin	Edmund PALMER	1800	Cape of Good Hope, South Africa	1800		0
Cousin	Edwin Campbell PALMER	1801	Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia	1802		1
Cousin	Sophia Susannah PALMER	1803	Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia	1856		53

Niece	Anne Sophia CAMPBELL	1837	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Robert CAMPBELL	1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jul 1906	Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Fanny CAMPBELL	1840	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Lucy CAMPBELL	1845	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Florence CAMPBELL	1846	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Francis Selwyn CAMPBELL	1850	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Louisa CAMPBELL	1854	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John JEFFREYS	1845
Nephew	Arthur F JEFFREYS	1848
Nephew	Robert JEFFREYS	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sophia JEFFREYS	1851	New South Wales, Australia	1851		0
Nephew	John Edward Robert CAMPBELL	20 Jul 1855	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1936	Malvern, Worcester, England	80
Niece	Sophia Susanna CAMPBELL	1857	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28
Nephew	Frederick Arthur CAMPBELL	1861	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1931	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	Edward Charles Close CAMPBELL	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15 Dec 1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	43
Niece	Sarah Marrianne Emily CAMPBELL	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Robert George CAMPBELL	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	George Thomas Rowes PALMER	1840		1840		0
Nephew	Edwin PALMER	1841	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1894	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	53
Niece	Minna Close PALMER	Jul 1843	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1928	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	85
Nephew	George Charles Frederick PALMER	1845	Canberra, ACT, Australia	24 Nov 1869	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	24
Nephew	Charles Rodber PALMER	1848	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1916	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	68
Nephew	Henry William Ernest PALMER	1852	Canberra, ACT, Australia	26 Feb 1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25
Niece	Edith Milba PALMER	1855	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1936	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	81
Nephew	Herbert Norman PALMER	1857	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1931	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	Hubert Everard PALMER	1862	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1934	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	72
Nephew	William Ingram Pemberton PALMER	1832	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Rosezeatte Ann Catherine Wilhelmin PALMER	1833
Nephew	Reginald Herbert PALMER	1852	New South Wales, Australia	1931	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	79
Niece	Catherine Sarah PALMER	1853	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sophia Susanna PALMER	1858	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	Edward Charles Close PALMER	1860	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Lydia Irena Alberta PALMER	1862	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	1922	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	60
Niece	Iabella Adrianna Charlot PALMER	1865	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1866	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	George Augustus Rodber PALMER	1866	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1946	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Amy Gertrude Campbell Weston PALMER	1869	Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Emily Victoria Louise PALMER	1872	Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Marion J M (May) DAVIS	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Henry Edmund PALMER	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1924	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	66
Niece	Constance Edith PALMER	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Ella Maud PALMER	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1892		31
Nephew	Walter Harcourt PALMER	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1915		53
Niece	Eva Catherine PALMER	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Permerton Wilfred Close PALMER	1866	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	10 Oct 1914	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	48
Niece	Lina Linda Beatrice PALMER	1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Howard Frederick Leslie PALMER	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1952	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	81
Nephew	Roger Wingham Morton PALMER	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1950		76
Nephew	Laurence Alfred Weaver PALMER	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Eden, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Marion Agnes PALMER	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	George Thomas PALMER	06 Mar 1809	Somerset, England	14 Feb 1889	Argyle, New South Wales, Australia	79
Brother in Law	William Pemberton PALMER	11 Oct 1810	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1864	Warialda, New South Wales, Australia	53
Brother in Law	John Macquarie PALMER	1814	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Ingram Rider PALMER	1818		1824		6
Brother in Law	Henry Edmund Mitchell PALMER	1821			India
Brother in Law	Rodber Wylde PALMER	1823	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	1887	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister in Law	Susan Adrianna 'Addie' PALMER	1825	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	25 Nov 1902	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Pemberton Campbell PALMER	1827	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	58
Sister in Law	Anne Sophia RILEY	1817	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	10 May 1881	South Kensington, London, England	64
Brother in Law	Arthur JEFFREYS		Surrey, England	13 Sep 1861	Barnes, Surrey, England
Sister in Law	Marrianne Collinson CLOSE	1827	Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia	02 May 1903	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	76

Events in Charles CAMPBELL (1810 - 1888)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
20 Sep 1810		Charles CAMPBELL was born	At sea	Hindostan	6
18 Mar 1815	4	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per "Sydney Packet"	6
05 May 1833	22	Death of mother Sophia PALMER (aged 56)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		6
1837	27	Married Catherine Irena PALMER (aged 21)	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	6
1838	28	Birth of son Walter CAMPBELL	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		6
1841	31	Birth of daughter Agnes CAMPBELL	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		6
1843	33	Birth of daughter Susan CAMPBELL	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	V1843229 27A/1843	6
1845	35	Birth of son Christian CAMPBELL	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	V1845583 48/1845	6
1846	36	Birth of son Frederick CAMPBELL	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	V18462121 31A/1846	6
15 Apr 1846	35	Death of father Robert CAMPBELL (aged 76)	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	V1846428 31B/1846, age 77	6
1848	38	Birth of daughter Sophia CAMPBELL	New South Wales, Australia	V18481843 33A/1848	6
1850	40	Birth of son Robert CAMPBELL	New South Wales, Australia	V18501112 35/1850	6
28 Apr 1863	52	Death of wife Catherine Irena PALMER (aged 47)	Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England		6
17 Aug 1888	77	Charles CAMPBELL died	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland		6

Note 1: V18371559 21/1837, CB, St John's

Personal Notes:

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010185b.htm

CAMPBELL, CHARLES (1810-1888), pastoralist and politician, was born at sea on 20 September 1810, the third son of Robert Campbell, merchant of Campbell's Wharf, Sydney, and his wife Sophia, née Palmer. He was a precocious child and was taught by classical tutors in Sydney before entering Thomas Reddall's and then Rev. F. Wilkinson's schools. Afterwards he studied at home until he went to Europe about 1829. He had a phenomenal memory, and an outstanding knowledge of Latin, Greek and comparative religions.

After returning to Sydney in 1835 he decided on a country life at Limestone Plains. He bought land and managed Duntroon for his father and Ginninderra for his cousin, George Thomas Palmer. In 1837, having arranged to buy Ginninderra and paid a deposit on it, he married Catherine Irene, Palmer's daughter; they had five children and lived at Ginninderra.

Charles took a leading part in the Southern Association's efforts to stop cattle stealing. He soon found that, except for a few convicts, labour was very scarce, so he placed at the disposal of John McDonald, afterwards manager of The Times, funds to provide passages for shepherds from Scotland. He arranged for others to come out in ships trading for Campbell & Co.

Charles lost almost all his property in the prolonged drought of 1837-39 and the plague of scab that followed. The low prices of 1842 made property almost unsaleable. He was unable to continue to pay instalments on Ginninderra, so Palmer foreclosed and took over the property. Charles and his family moved to Duntroon where he greatly improved the lot of the employees, built groups of cottages as village communities, and gave the heads of families two acres (.8 ha) on which to grow fruit and vegetables and keep a cow. He wished to see small prosperous landowners established in the country. On his father's behalf, he provided a school and a schoolmaster and organized the building of the Church of St John the Baptist, Canberra, as well as a church at Queanbeyan. In 1841 and 1842 Charles addressed political meetings in Sydney, and in 1846 was the principal speaker at a mass meeting in protest against the reintroduction of transportation. As a candidate for the South Coast district, he stood for the Legislative Council election in 1851 but was defeated.

His father died in 1846, bequeathing his estates in equal shares to his six children. Charles managed Duntroon as its prospective owner but, when he left it in 1853, his father's estates had not been divided. Before sailing for England in 1854 he discussed with his brothers the need for a bishop for the Southern District. Later his elder brothers offered to endow the see of Goulburn, but Bishop Frederic Barker thought it unnecessary and would not subscribe towards it. In England Charles obtained the approval of the Colonial Bishops' Committee for the new see and the promise of at least £1000 towards its endowment. As arranged, the new bishop was appointed by the archbishop of Canterbury but Charles disapproved his religious activities and threatened to withdraw the family's endowments if the appointment were not rescinded. It was not rescinded and the family's endowments were not withdrawn. In 1864 when Bishop Mesac Thomas was inducted in Goulburn, Charles was one of the welcoming committee. Later he won the bishop's eulogies for his work and advice as chancellor of the diocese and for his accurate and detailed knowledge of the laws and customs of the Church of England.

While in England he had become a barrister, and later was an examiner for the New South Wales Bar. After 1864 he twice stood for election as representative for Queanbeyan and was defeated each time by a small margin. In 1868, with his brother John's financial backing, he caused the resuscitation of The King's School, which had been closed for nearly four years. He later became one of its governors. In 1870 he was nominated to the Legislative Council and took an active part in its debates. He died at Inverness, Scotland, in 1888.

Charles Campbell was an austere pioneer with a quick but short-lived temper and a biting tongue. Impatient with men less intelligent than himself, he admitted no shades of opinion between right and wrong. Although eloquent in his hatred of deceit and cruelty, he was not popular, but his industry and vision matched his integrity.
Select Bibliography

Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vols 18, 26; S. M. Johnstone, The History of The King's School, Parramatta (Syd, 1932); R. Border, Founding of the See of Goulburn (Canberra, 1956); Macarthur papers (State Library of New South Wales); F. Campbell, notes (privately held). More on the resources

Author: C. E. T. Newman

Print Publication Details: C. E. T. Newman, 'Campbell, Charles (1810 - 1888)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 198-199.

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 40 (Death)

- Reference = 40 (Immigration)

- Reference = 40 (Birth)

- Reference = 39 (Marriage)

- Reference = 40 (Name, Notes)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/1946/charles-campbell.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Born: 1810; Died: 1888; Married: Catherine Irene Palmer

Charles Campbell
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Charles Campbell was born 'at sea' in 1810. He was the son of the well-known Sydney merchant, pastoralist, and founder of Duntroon, Robert Campbell, and Sophia Palmer.

Newman in the Australian Dictionary of Biography says:

He was a precocious child and was taught by classical tutors in Sydney before entering Thomas Reddall's and then Rev. F. Wilkinson's schools. Afterwards he studied at home until he went to Europe about 1829. He had a phenomenal memory, and an outstanding knowledge of Latin, Greek and comparative religions. After returning to Sydney in 1835 he decided on a country life at Limestone Plains.

In 1835 George Thomas Palmer (senior) agreed that his cousin, Campbell, should come to his Palmerville estate at Ginninderra to manage it for him. Campbell became an even closer relative of his cousin, marrying Palmer's sister (Catherine Irene) at Paramatta in 1837. They had seven children together.

The move to Ginninderra may have been an arrangement entered into by both parties with a view to Campbell taking over the estate. Shortly after, a sale was arranged, but Campbell was badly affected by the prolonged drought of 1837-39 and an outbreak of sheep scab and he defaulted on his payments so that George (senior) foreclosed and it reverted back to the Palmer family by 1842.

Meyers, in Lairds, Lags and Larrikins says:

Palmer sold the ... 10,646 acres to Charles Campbell for £30,000 to be paid in instalments. Campbell, however, defaulted on his payments and ownership of the land reverted to Palmer. Campbell subsequently moved his family back to Duntroon.

Campbell went on to a live a very successful life managing Duntroon and participating in the civic life of the colony. He returned to Scotland and died at Inverness in 1888. Catherine had died at Bayswater, Middlesex, in 1863.

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