Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion, 1st Baron Campion (11 May 1882 – 6 April 1958), known as Sir Gilbert Campion between 1937 and 1950, was a British civil servant. He served as

Clerk of the House of Commons The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England. The formal name for the position held by the Clerk of the House of Comm ...

from 1937 to 1948.

Background and education

Campion was the son of John Montriou Campion. He was educated at

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and at Hertford College, Oxford.

Career

Campion fought in the First World War as a captain in the

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and dom ...

. On 4 April 1921, he was appointed the Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons and was promoted to be Clerk Assistant on 28 October 1930, a post he held until 1937.

Honours

In the

1932 New Year Honours The 1932 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 29 December 1931. The recipients of honour ...

, he was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Companion (CB). On 31 July 1937 Campion was promoted to be the Under Clerk of the Parliaments. He was the editor of the 14th and 15th editions of '' Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice''. Campion was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the

1938 New Year Honours The 1938 New Year Honours were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 1 January 1938.United Kingdom and Britis ...

(KCB) He was appointed to be a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the

1948 Birthday Honours The 1948 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the Commonwealth Realms. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the King, a ...

and retired that year as Under Clerk of the Parliaments, when he was replaced by Frederic Metcalfe . In the

1950 Birthday Honours The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the o ...

, his barony for "public services" was announced and he was raised to the peerage as Baron Campion, of Bowes in the County of Surrey.

Family

Campion married Hilda Mary, daughter of W. A. Spafford, in 1920. They had no children. He died in April 1958, aged 75, when the barony became extinct.

Arms

References

External links

Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Sir Gilbert Campion (1882-1958)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campion, Gilbert Campion, 1st Baron 1882 births 1958 deaths Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Service Corps officers Clerks of the House of Commons Barons created by George VI