John Campbell, sometimes spelled Campble was a 17th-century minister of the gospel. He was charged in an Edinburgh court for attending a service of worship at the house of James Campbell (vintner) and Thomas Waddell (lorimer) during the hours of Sunday morning worship. He was imprisoned on the Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth in

Haddingtonshire East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ...

on 31 May 1678. This may have been the date of his sentence since one source has his imprisonment starting in June 1678. The duration of his incarceration is uncertain.

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17th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Covenanters Scottish prisoners and detainees Covenanting Prisoners of the Bass Rock {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub