Old Photograph James Colquhoun Campbell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of James Colquhoun Campbell in Edinburgh, Scotland. James, born in 1813, died on 9th of November 1895), was a Scottish born Welsh Anglican bishop. He was born at Stonefield, Argyllshire, the son of James Campbell and his wife Wilhelmina, the daughter of Sir James Colquhoun. He was educated in Chester and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1836 and a Master of Arts three years later. In 1859, he received a Doctor of Divinity. He then became vicar in Roath in 1840 and was subsequently appointed rector in Merthyr Tydfil in 1844. He was nominated Archdeacon of Llandaff in 1857 and was consecrated 70th Bishop of Bangor in 1859.After more than forty years in this post, Campbell retired in 1890 and died at Hastings five years later. In 1840, he married Blanche, the daughter of John Bruce Pryce.

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