Lord William Campbell
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Lord William Campbell (c 1731 – 4 September 1778), was from a Scottish family loyal to the British Crown. His father was John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll.
From 1752 to 1760, he served in the Royal Navy in India. In 1762, because of the Seven Years' War, he was scheduled to serve in America. He met and married a lady named Sarah Izard from South Carolina in 1763. Ironically his father-in-law was Rebel/Congressman Ralph Izard. In 1764, they returned to Britain where he became a member of Parliament, representing the family seat in Argyllshire. In 1766 he was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia, a position he held until 1773.
In 1775, at the outbreak of the American revolution, he became the last British Governor of South Carolina — a position for which he had lobbied hard, because his wife was from South Carolina. He nearly succeeded in keeping the Colony loyal.
In 1776, during the British attack upon Fort Moultrie, he was wounded by a splinter in the side while aboard Sir Peter Parker's flagship, HMS Bristol. He never fully recovered, and died of its effects two years later.
[edit] Literature
- The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, (volume i, 1901)
