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David Callender Campbell
David Callender Campbell may refer to: * David Callender Campbell (naturalist) (1860–1926), Irish businessman and naturalist * Sir David Campbell (Belfast South MP) (1891–1963), Ulster Unionist politician, nephew of the above See also * David Campbell (other) {{hndis, Campbell, David Callender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Callender Campbell (naturalist)
David Callender Campbell (1860 - 24 June 1926) was an Irish businessman and naturalist. Life David Callender Campbell was born in 1860, near Derry. He was one of nine children of Thomas Callender Campbell. Two of his brothers also had an interest in natural history, Thomas Vincent and William Howard. He was a senior partner in the family business of flour importing, Campbell Bros. He was the uncle of the MP David Campbell. Campbell's interest in natural history was wide, but he had a specific interest in butterflies and birds, recording numerous occurrences and observations in the ''Irish Naturalist'' from 1892 to 1923 as well as in other journals. He established a museum in Derry, but it closed after his death. Some specimens and objects were then donated to the Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Campbell (Belfast South MP)
Sir David Callender Campbell, (29 January 1891 – 12 June 1963) was an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Campbell was born in Cudappah, India where his father William Howard Campbell was a missionary working with the London Missionary Society. The third of four sons of whom the youngest, William, died of malaria on the way to England in 1894, David studied at Foyle College before going to Edinburgh University. David joined the colonial services in 1919 and served in Tanganyika and then served as deputy chief secretary in Uganda. He then became a secretary in Gibraltar and acting Lieutenant Governor of Malta. He returned and stood as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast South in a 1952 by-election, and after election, served until his death in 1963. In 1959 while leader of the UUP Westminster MP's, he became involved in the row over Catholic membership of the UUP when he supported the idea in a letter to the party leader. He served as Lieutenant-Governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |