Robert Campbell (MP) explained

Robert Campbell
Office:Member of Parliament
for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Term Start:27 March 1857
Term End:30 April 1859
Alongside:William Freestun
Predecessor:William Freestun
George Butt
Successor:Robert Brooks
Arthur Egerton
Birth Date:1813
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Whig

Robert James Roy Campbell (1813 – 7 June 1862)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[2]

Campbell was first elected Whig MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1857 general election, and held the seat until 1859, when he stood as a Liberal but was defeated.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 22 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm. 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. News: Election Intelligence . 22 July 2018 . Globe . 21 March 1857 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 282–283.