John Campbell, 2nd Baronet (of New Brunswick)

Sir John Campbell, 2nd Baronet, (seated) with his adjutant Captain Gustavus Hume, 1855

Plaque in St. John's Cathedral in Edinburgh

Plaque in Winchester Cathedral

Sir John Campbell, 2nd Baronet ( April 14, 1807 , † June 18, 1855 near Sevastopol ) was a British major general .

He came from the Scottish clan Campbell (line Campbell of Ava ) and was the second-born son of the British general Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet from his first marriage to Helen MacDonald.

He joined the British Army in 1821 as Ensign and served as his father's aide-de-camp in the First Anglo-Burmese War . For his services there he was promoted to lieutenant without having to buy an officer's license . In 1826 he was given command of his own company and was ordered back to England from Burma in 1829 .

From 1831 to 1837 he again served as his father's aide-de-camp when he was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick Colony . In 1837 he bought an officer's license as Lieutenant Colonel and led commands in the Mediterranean , the West Indies and Nova Scotia . He was in 1851 for certification - Colonel promoted.

Since his older brother Archibald Campbell had died unmarried and childless in India in 1831 , John inherited his father's title of nobility of Baronet of New Brunswick when his father died in 1843 .

From March 1854 he was employed with the rank of Brigadier General as commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division in the Crimean War and took part in the battles at the Alma and Inkerman . In December 1854 he was promoted to major general and was given acting command of the 4th Infantry Division . When he was replaced by General Lieutenant Bentinck in June 1855 , he volunteered to command a division of the 4th Division for a planned attack on the fort called "Great Redan" south of Fort Malakow during the siege of Sevastopol . On June 18, he showed “courage to be rash,” and after sending his aide-de-camps, Captain Hume and Captain Snodgrass away, he stormed his men out of the trenches, encouraging them, and was immediately shot. For his achievements last winter, Queen Victoria had announced that she would like to honor him as Knight Commander of the Order of Bath , but his death came before the award.

He was buried on "Cathcart's Hill" near Sevastopol . Plaques commemorating his military service and death were erected in St. John's Cathedral in Edinburgh and Winchester Cathedral .

He had married Helen Margaret Crowe in 1841. His eldest son Archibald Ava Campbell inherited him as 3rd Baronet.

literature

• Henry Morse Stephens: Campbell, Sir John (1816–1855) In: Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 8, Oxford 1807, p. 378 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Archibald Campbell	Baronet (of New Brunswick) 1843–1855	Archibald Campbell