Sir John Park Campbell, OBE (born 1934) is a Scottish farmer and businessperson.

Early life

Born in 1934,"Campbell, Sir John Park"
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, December 2020). Retrieved 25 January 2021. Campbell and his brother began farming at the age of 15 as

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; having met with success, they were eventually able to buy the land.Callum Hodgson
"Arise Sir John: Farm Owner Awarded Knighthood"
''Peeblesshire News'', 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

Glenrath Farms

In 1957, Campbell married Catherine Kent, the daughter of

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farmers.Scott Casey
"Interview with John Campbell"
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'', 10 December 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2021. That year, he started rearing poultry (with 113 hens) from his wife's farm. At the age of 27, he and his wife moved to Glenrath Farm near

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. It was not an immediate success, and he had to sell part of the farm but his fortunes reversed and in 1970 he acquired another poultry farm. He eventually secured a contract with a Scottish

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, which later merged into

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. By 2010, Glenarth Farms (of which is Campbell is chairman) operate on 12,000 acres of land and produces 1.4 million eggs a day; 75% of these are sold to Tesco and 25% to

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Public service

Alongside his business work, Campbell sat on Tweeddale District Council between 1975 and 1993.

Honours and awards

Campbell was appointed an Officer of the

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(OBE) in the

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"for services to the Poultry Industry".
Supplement to the London Gazette
', 30 December 1999 (issue no. 55710), p. 12. He was

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in the

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for "services to farming and charitable service to entrepreneurship".

References

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