Colin Minton Campbell, of Woodseat in

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, was a British businessman and Member of Parliament. On his death of his uncle Herbert Minton in 1858, Colin Minton Campbell took over leadership of the family company

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, a leading firm making

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of many kinds in

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Biography

Campbell was born on 27 August 1827, the son of John Campbell of Liverpool by his wife Mary, daughter of

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of Stoke-upon-Trent. He joined the Mintons partnership in 1849, with a 1/3 share. His uncle Herbert had decreased his involvement in day-to-day management in the years before his death in 1858, and Campbell was probably effectively in charge. Mintons retained its leading position during his period in charge, continuing to innovate. He served as a

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for Derbyshire, as a Deputy Lieutenant, and as

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in 1869. He represented

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in Parliament from 1874 to 1880. He was mayor of Stoke from 1880 to 1883, and chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway Company from 1873 until 1883. On 3 August 1853 Campbell married Louisa Wilmot, daughter of the Rev. William A. Cave-Browne-Cave of

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. Their son John Fitzherbert Campbell was born in 1861 and succeeded to Woodseat on his father's death in 1885.G. Harvey Johnston, ''The Heraldry of the Campbells'', vol. II (1921
p. 84

References

*Godden, Geoffrey, ''English China'', 1985, Barrie & Jenkins, 1827 births 1885 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 High Sheriffs of Staffordshire English justices of the peace Staffordshire pottery {{England-UK-MP-stub