James Alexander Campbell (1825 – 9 May 1908) was a Scottish businessman and

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politician.

Biography

Campbell was born in

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a son of Sir James Campbell of

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and his wife Janet Bannerman of Manchester. His father established the firm J & W Campbell, wholesale merchants and was

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between 1840 and 1843. Campbell was educated at Glasgow High School and

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and became a partner in the family firm of J & W Campbell. He became a member of Glasgow University Council in 1859, and in 1865 was appointed convener of the committee in charge of raising of funds to build and maintain a new university on Gilmorehill. He held the post until 1894. He was assessor to two rectors and two chancellors, being a member of the University Court from 1869 till 1884, when he received the degree of LL.D.Who's Who in Glasgow 1909 - James Alexander Campbell Glasgow Digital Library
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estate near Brechin of some . He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for the counties of Lanark and Forfar. In 1880, Campbell was elected

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for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, and held the seat until 1906. As a Conservative he was opposed to the policies of his brother,

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prime minister from 1905 to 1908. He acted on many Commissions appointed to enquire into Scottish educational endowments and the constitution of the Scottish Universities. Campbell married in 1854, Ann Peto, daughter of Sir S. Morton Peto, Bt. a railway contractor, and they had one son and three daughters. He died at

at the age of 83 after a lingering illness, a fortnight later than his brother.

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