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John Edward Robert CAMPBELL (1855 - 1936)

Soldier, major, colonel, DSO

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Donald Neil CAMPBELL (1884 - 1977) George Cecil CAMPBELL (1886 - 1967) Winifred Helen CAMPBELL (1891 - 1990)	John Edward Robert CAMPBELL (1855 - 1936) + Helen SPOONER (1855 - 1936)	George Palmer CAMPBELL (1818 - 1881)	Robert CAMPBELL (1769 - 1846)	John CAMPBELL (1728 - )
				Agnes PATERSON (1729 - )
			Sophia PALMER (1777 - 1833)	John PALMER (1727 - 1808)
				Sarah TAYLOR (1735 - 1796)
		Marrianne Collinson CLOSE (1827 - 1903)	Edward Charles Collinson CLOSE (1790 - 1866)	Edward CLOSE
				Marrianne COLLINSON
			Sophia Susannah PALMER (1803 - 1856)	John PALMER (1760 - 1833)
				Susan STILWELL (1762 - 1832)

b. 20 Jul 1855 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. 07 Sep 1881 Helen SPOONER (1855 - 1936) at Reading, Berkshire, England

d. 19 May 1936 at Malvern, Worcester, England aged 80

Near Relatives of John Edward Robert CAMPBELL (1855 - 1936)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Robert CAMPBELL	28 Apr 1769	Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland	15 Apr 1846	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	76
Grandmother	Sophia PALMER	1777	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England	05 May 1833	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	56
Grandfather	Edward Charles Collinson CLOSE	12 Mar 1790	Rangamati, Bengal, India	1866		76
Grandmother	Sophia Susannah PALMER	1803	Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia	1856		53
Father in Law	Richard SPOONER			20 Aug 1867	Sussex, England
Mother in Law	Mary Anne HATHWAY	02 Apr 1819	Bombay, India	29 Feb 1904	Herefordshire, England	84
Father	George Palmer CAMPBELL	27 Jun 1818	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	25 Oct 1881	London, Middlesex, England	63
Mother	Marrianne Collinson CLOSE	1827	Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia	02 May 1903	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	76
Self	John Edward Robert CAMPBELL	20 Jul 1855	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1936	Malvern, Worcester, England	80
Wife	Helen SPOONER	abt 1855	Mahalleshuva, Bombay, India	Mar 1936	Ledbury, Herefordshire, England	81
Son	Donald Neil CAMPBELL	21 Jun 1884	Burghill, Herefordshire, England	05 Jun 1977	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England	92
Son	George Cecil CAMPBELL	Apr 1886	Burghill, Herefordshire, England	27 May 1967	Wiltshire, England	81
Daughter	Winifred Helen CAMPBELL	14 Oct 1891	Burghill, Herefordshire, England	29 Oct 1990	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia	99
Sister	Sophia Susanna CAMPBELL	1857	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28
Brother	Frederick Arthur CAMPBELL	1861	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1931	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother	Edward Charles Close CAMPBELL	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15 Dec 1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	43
Sister	Sarah Marrianne Emily CAMPBELL	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Robert George CAMPBELL	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Daughter in Law	Margaret Dorothy LUDFORD
Uncle	John CAMPBELL	1802	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	84
Uncle	Robert CAMPBELL	05 Oct 1804	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	55
Aunt	Anne Sophia RILEY	1817	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	10 May 1881	South Kensington, London, England	64
Aunt	Sophia Palmer CAMPBELL	1807	New South Wales, Australia	abt 1811	England	4
Uncle	Charles CAMPBELL	20 Sep 1810	At sea	17 Aug 1888	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland	77
Aunt	Catherine Irena PALMER	1816	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	28 Apr 1863	Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England	47
Aunt	Sophia Ives CAMPBELL	1812	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Sarah CAMPBELL	1815	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1856	Madeira, Atlantic Ocean	41
Uncle	Arthur JEFFREYS		Surrey, England	13 Sep 1861	Barnes, Surrey, England
Uncle	Frederick Marsden CAMPBELL	1821	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1844		23
Uncle	Edward Charles CLOSE
Uncle	Robert Campbell CLOSE	1831	New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	George Thomas Palmer CLOSE	1834	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Anne Sophia CAMPBELL	1837	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	William Robert CAMPBELL	1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jul 1906	Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Cousin	Fanny CAMPBELL	1840	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Lucy CAMPBELL	1845	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Florence CAMPBELL	1846	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Francis Selwyn CAMPBELL	1850	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mary Louisa CAMPBELL	1854	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Walter CAMPBELL	1838	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Agnes CAMPBELL	1841	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Susan CAMPBELL	1843	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Christian CAMPBELL	1845	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Frederick CAMPBELL	1846	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	19 Aug 1928	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	82
Cousin	Sophia CAMPBELL	1848	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Robert CAMPBELL	1850	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John JEFFREYS	1845
Cousin	Arthur F JEFFREYS	1848
Cousin	Robert JEFFREYS	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Sophia JEFFREYS	1851	New South Wales, Australia	1851		0
Niece	Isabel Vera CAMPBELL	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Arthur Denne CAMPBELL	1893	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	11 Dec 1966	Woden, ACT, Australia	73
Niece	Edith Denne CAMPBELL	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1980	Canberra, ACT, Australia	80
Niece	Susan Mildred Blomfield CAMPBELL	1892	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	1976	New South Wales, Australia	84
Nephew	George Blomfield CAMPBELL	1894	Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jan 1971	Canberra, ACT, Australia	77
Niece	Marrianne Marion Ethel Blomfield CAMPBELL	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1963		65
Nephew	Richard Edward Blomfield CAMPBELL	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	72
Nephew	John Colin Blomfield CAMPBELL	1903
Sister in Law	Edith Catherine DENNE	1862	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia	03 May 1933	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Ethel Amy BLOMFIELD	1868	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	27 Dec 1937	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	69

Events in John Edward Robert CAMPBELL (1855 - 1936)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
20 Jul 1855		John Edward Robert CAMPBELL was born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	6
07 Sep 1881	26	Married Helen SPOONER (aged 26)	Reading, Berkshire, England	Note 2	6
25 Oct 1881	26	Death of father George Palmer CAMPBELL (aged 63)	London, Middlesex, England		6
21 Jun 1884	28	Birth of son Donald Neil CAMPBELL	Burghill, Herefordshire, England		6
Apr 1886	30	Birth of son George Cecil CAMPBELL	Burghill, Herefordshire, England		6
1891	36	Census	Burghill, Herefordshire, England		76
14 Oct 1891	36	Birth of daughter Winifred Helen CAMPBELL	Burghill, Herefordshire, England		6
02 May 1903	47	Death of mother Marrianne Collinson CLOSE (aged 76)	Duntroon, ACT, Australia		6
1911	56	Census	Herefordshire, England
1911	56	Census	Kingsland, Herefordshire, England	Colonel (retired)	76
Mar 1936	80	Death of wife Helen SPOONER (aged 81)	Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
19 May 1936	80	John Edward Robert CAMPBELL died	Malvern, Worcester, England	Note 3	6
		Burial	Colwell, Herefordshire, England		76

Note 1: V1845581 65/1845 mother Marianne C

Note 2: FreeBDM Marriages Sep 1881 Reading 2c 631

Note 3: FreeBDM Deaths Jun 1936 aged 80 Ledbury 6a 584

Personal Notes:

educated Cambridge, England Lt Col 6 Bn Royal Warickshire Regt, DL & Jp for Hertfordshire Served Boer War, DSO Last family owner of Duntroon Colonel Campbell. (Who was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire. He was appointed Military Representative, and subsequently National Service Representative, for the Leominster Rural District of Herefordshire, during the Great War, 1914-18, and received the thanks of the respective authorities for his services. He married, in 1881, Helen, youngest daughter of Richard Spooner, HEICS; they had two sons: Donald Neil (Lieutenant, RASC, MT), and George Cecil (Captain, Royal Engineers), and one daughter, Winifred Helen. Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) (Queen's Own) Cameron) The Sun (Sydney) 2 Jul 1927 OWNER CANBERRA COL. CAMPBELL'S STORY HOW SALE WAS MADE (From Guy Innes) LONDON. May 26. When the Federal Parliament House was opened by the Duke of York at Canberra, one of the chief topics of conversation in London, and a leading subject of correspondence in the newspapers, was the correct pronounclatlon of the name of the capital of Australia, People here had forgotten — if indeed they ever knew — that the present pronunciation of Canberra as "Canbra" was crystallised by Lady Denman, when she uttered its name at the inauguration ceremony under Lord Denman, then Governor-General of the Commonwealth. In March 1913. Varlous experts coincided in this opinion, but debate was not silenced until Colonel John E. R. Campbell, a scion of the family which originally had possession of the territory on which Canberra now stands, laid down the law on the subject in a letter to the press. THE FAMILY AT DUNTROON Colonel Campbell, who is 69 years of age. Is at present living at Linden near Malvern. Worcestershire. He courtesly acceded to my request to sketch the circumstances in which the Federal Capltal area passed from his bands into those of the Government. I had hoped to be able to secure a photograph of Colonel Campbell to accompany this article, but he has never sat for a likeness since he served in the South African war of 1900, although he has frequently been requested to give a sitting. A picture of him appears in "The V.C. and D.S O." edited by the late Sir O'Moore Creagh and Mr. E. M. Humphris which volume fully records his services to his country. Colonel Campbell, who won the D.S.O. in South Africa, is Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire, and was formerly attached to the War wickshire Regiment. Born In 1855, he was the son of the late George Campbell, and the grandson of the late Robert Campbell, of Campbell's Wharf. Sydney, the original owner of the Duntroon Estate. When the selection of the Federal Capital area was made, Colonel Campbell, then the owner, was officially notified that his property was required. A SPORTING ACCEPTANCE "I was given to understand." he said, "that if I stood in the way of the property being thus dealt with, the compulsory clauses of the Resumption Act would beenforced. There was therefore nothing for it but to agree to let the place go with as good grace as I could muster. Nevertheless, I did not wish to part with it. and I shall always hold that I did so too cheaply, as I think has since been proved. I had, however, to he sporting about it. "The original grant of land, some 5000 acres, comprising the Duntroon Estate, was made to my grandfather, the late Robert Campbell as compensation for a valuable shipment of goods lost when the ship carrying the consignment was seized by the Government of the day without giving her time to discharge her cargo, and despatched to India to bring back supplies such as wheat and other cereals for the inhabitants of Sydney, who were then suffering from a shortage of these commodities. "The efforts that had been made in New South Wales at that time to grow a sufficiency of cereal foods were not adequate to the requirements of the inhabitants: The country around Sydney was then not in a state to grow crops: the land being little better than scrub country. SPYING OUT THE LAND "My grandfather was told that he could select the land which he was granted, wherever he pleased." He therefore despatched an employee, John Ainslie to the locality which subsequently became Duntroon." (Ainslie was a trooper of the Scots Greys, who had fought at Waterloo. The house which he subsequently erected at Duntroon was in 1825, the last to the southward of Sydney which had glass in its window, panes). AN AUSTRALIAN CANAAN "It was after Ainslie," continued Colonel Campbell, "that Mount Alnslie, near Canberra, was named. It is about the only eminence I know in the locality that has not suffered a change of name under the new owners. Ainslie travelled up into the country, being largely directed by compass through what was then trackless territory in search of a suitable spot whereon to take up land for his master. He saw numerous sites, and eventually a native tribe" (probably the Kamberra subdivision of the Ngarruga aboriginies. after whom some authorities consider that Canberra took its name), "told him that there was some beautiful country further inland. Its great plain stretched to the distant hills, subsequently known as the Australian Alps. Following their directions, he journeyed on and found that he had not been deceived. He decided to take on the land and erect the necessary buildings for a station. These structures were, of course, of the roughest character, being formed of planks split from the adjacent trees and roofed with stringy-bark. A suitable dwelling house was subsequently built by Robert Campbell, whose son, George Campbell, added considerably to it some years afterward. "George Campbell succeeded to the estate of Duntroon, as the place was named, upon the death of his father. During his lifetime he increased the area of the estate by purchase, so that at the time of his death it comprised some 30,000 acres, and proudly bore the name of the old Scottish home of the Campbells in Argyllshire. THE FIRST "WALERS" "Duntroon carried sheep, cattle and horses. Of the latter, my father raised a very fine breed, which soon made a name for itself in the colony and became popular in the Indian market. The brand — the letter "C" — under the saddle, became well known, and the fact of its being placed on the back of the horse, where it was hidden by the harness, instead of the flank, shoulder or rump, as is generally the custom, enhanced the purchase value of the horses by as much as £10 a piece. "The homestead of Duntroon — subsequently the site of the Royal Military College of Australia — owed its situation to the fact that it was the choice of the aborigines as their permanent camping ground, being the most sheltered spot in the neighborhood from the prevalent thunderstorms. "I have seen, as a youth, some terrific storms sweep across the Limestone Plains in the locality. The worst of them accompanied by torrential rains, frequently occurred just where the principal part of the capital city is being built." AN EMPIRE SUGGESTION Colonel Campbell scouts the suggestion made in England that the word "Canberra" is derived from a Gaelic root. He has received numbers of letters enquiring as to the early history of the territory, and much of his recent leisure has been taken up in replying to them. Since parting with his property at Canberra, and retiring from his regiment, Colonel Campbell has led the life of a country gentleman, except for the valuable services which he rendered to the Government as Military Representative during the Great War, and later as National Service Representative. There are many who will regret that so fine a scion of such sturdy stock has severed the long and honorable association of his family with the land where they followed the star of the pioneers. https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/7-genealogy-and-family-research/10669-colonel-john-edward-robert-campbell-d-s-o (Clearly at odds with info from Canberra and Queanbeyan Biographical Register and his marriage info from FreeBDM. I think this info could be ignored.) https://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=2_vg_0&p=6647 Captain, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders CAMPBELL, JOHN EDWARD ROBERT, Major and Honourable Lieutenant Colonel, was born 20 July 1855, the eldest son of George Campbell, of Duntroon, New South Wales, and Marrianne Collinson, only daughter of E C Close, formerly Lieutenant, 48th Regiment of Foot. He was educated privately, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, and entered the Militia, becoming Lieutenant 6 December 1876. He was promoted Captain 19 January 1884, and Major 8 May 1895. He served in the South African War, 1900-1; was appointed Commandant, Prisoners of War, on board the City of Cambridge, at Simon's Town; but on the prisoners being sent to St Helena, he rejoined his battalion, and proceeded with it to the scene of operations in the Orange Free State. He was appointed Commandant at Sanna's Post, and continued to hold that appointment until ordered to bring his battalion back to England. He was mentioned in Despatches; awarded the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "John Edward Robert Campbell, Major and Honourable Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 29 October 1901. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel 11 December 1902; retired with honorary rank of Colonel in 1903. Colonel Campbell was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire. He was appointed Military Representative, and subsequently National Service Representative, for the Leominster Rural District of Herefordshire, during the Great War, 1914-18, and received the thanks of the respective authorities for his services. He married, in 1881, Helen, youngest daughter of Richard Spooner, HEICS; they had two sons: Donald Neil (Lieutenant, RASC, MT), and George Cecil (Captain, Royal Engineers), and one daughter, Winifred Helen. Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)

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 (Marriage)

- Reference = 39 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 39 (Birth)

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Sally Stamford 27 Jul 2022 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: my ancestors worked for Colonel Campbell. (Who was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire. He was appointed Military Representative, and subsequently National Service Representative, for the Leominster Rural District of Herefordshire, during the Great War, 1914-18, and received the thanks of the respective authorities for his services. He married, in 1881, Helen, youngest daughter of Richard Spooner, HEICS; they had two sons: Donald Neil (Lieutenant, RASC, MT), and George Cecil (Captain, Royal Engineers), and one daughter, Winifred Helen. Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) (Queen's Own) Cameron) My gt grand father and family (my grand father, and his mother and sisters) moved with him around Herefordshire, from Burghill, to other large houses in the county. My gt grand father was coachman and chauffeur to Col Campbell. My grand father went to France during WW1 with Col Campbell as groom.

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225719935/john-edward-campbell (Burial)

- Reference = (Census)

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- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225719935/john-edward-campbell (Name, Notes)

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