Colonel John Campbell of Shankstown was a Scottish soldier. The second son of

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and brother of

Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, KT, PC ( – 20 November 1731) was a Scottish landowner, peer, and statesman. With the Earl of Mar, Loudoun was the last Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Scotland. He supported the Union with England of ...

and Sir James Campbell of Lawers, he sat in the

Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council o ...

for

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from 1700 to 1702. He died without issue.

References

* Joseph Foster,
Members of Parliament, Scotland
' (1882) p. 56-57 Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Younger sons of earls Year of birth missing Year of death missing 18th-century deaths {{Scotland-pre1707-MP-stub