William Campion

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Sir William Campion 
KCMG, DSO, TD
In office
October 28, 1924 – June 9, 1931
Monarch King George V
Preceded by Sir Francis Newdigate Newdegate
Succeeded by Sir James Mitchell (from 1948)
Born July 3, 1870(1870-07-03)
London, England, UK
Died January 2, 1951 (aged 80)
Hassocks, Sussex, England, UK
Birth name William Robert Campion
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse Katherine Mary Byron
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Colonel
Unit Royal Sussex Regiment
Awards DSO (1918)

Colonel Sir William Robert Campion, KCMG, DSO, TD (3 July 1870 – 2 January 1951) was a British politician and Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931.

Born in England in 1870, he was educated at Eton and Oxford University, and was the Conservative MP for Lewes between 1910 and 1924, when he was knighted and given the governorship of Western Australia.

Campion was commissioned into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in 1888. He served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915, and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.

He died in Sussex in 1951.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt.		 Member of Parliament for Lewes
1910 – 1924		 Succeeded by
Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Francis Newdegate		 Governor of Western Australia
1924 – 1931		 Vacant
Title next held by
Sir James Mitchell
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