William Campion

For other people named William Campion, see William Campion (disambiguation).
Sir William Campion
KCMG, DSO, TD, DL
Sir William Campion and son
21st Governor of Western Australia
In office
28 October 1924 – 9 June 1931
Monarch King George V
Preceded by Sir Francis Newdegate
Succeeded by Sir James Mitchell (from 1948)
Personal details
Born William Robert Campion
3 July 1870
London, England, UK
Died 2 January 1951 (aged 80)
Hassocks, Sussex, England, UK
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Katherine Mary Byron
Awards Distinguished Service Order
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Colonel
Unit Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles/wars World War I

Colonel Sir William Robert Campion, KCMG, DSO, TD, DL (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.

Campion (left of centre) at Western Australia's centenary celebrations in 1929.

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    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