James Campbell (governor)

Major general Sir James Campbell

Acting Governor of British Ceylon
In office 6 November 1822 – 18 January 1824
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	Edward Paget
Succeeded by	Edward Barnes
13th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
In office 22 July 1822 – ?
Preceded by	Edward Barnes
Succeeded by	Hudson Lowe
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major general
Commands	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

Major general Sir James Campbell was an acting Governor of British Ceylon. He was appointed in 1822 and was acting Governor until 1824. He was succeeded by Edward Barnes.^[1]

References

↑ "Sri Lanka". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

Government offices
Preceded by Edward Paget	Acting Governor of British Ceylon 1822–1824	Succeeded by Edward Barnes
Military offices
Preceded by Edward Barnes	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon 1822–?	Succeeded by Hudson Lowe

←Governors of British Ceylon →

Military Governors	Agnew Stuart Doyle Bonnevaux de Meuron Andrews*

Governors	North Maitland Wilson Brownrigg Barnes Paget Campbell Barnes Wilson Wilmot-Horton Stewart-Mackenzie Campbell Emerson Tennent Torrington MacCarthy Anderson MacCarthy Ward Lockyer Wilkinson MacCarthy O'Brien Robinson Robinson Irving Gregory Longden Douglas Hamilton-Gordon Havelock Walker Ridgeway im Thurn Blake Clifford McCallum Stubbs Chalmers Stubbs Anderson Stubbs Manning Clementi Alexander Clifford Fletcher Stanley Bourdillon Thomson Tyrrell Stubbs Wedderburn Caldecott Moore**

Acting, Resident and Superintendent, became Governor-General of Ceylon*

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

1 Stuart 2 Doyle 3 Bonnevaux 4 de Meuron 5 Champagné 6 MacDowall 7 Wemyss 8 Maitland 9 Wilson 10 Brownrigg 11 Jackson 12 Barnes 13 Campbell 14 Lowe 15 Wilson 16 Arbuthnot 17 Campbell 18 Smelt 19 Bainbrigge 20 Reed 21 Lockyer 22 O'Brien 23 Hodson 24 Renny 25 Street 26 Wilby

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