William Campion, alias William Wigmore, (1599–1665), was an English

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. Campion was a native of

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, who entered the

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at Watten, near St. Omer, in 1624. He became a professed father in 1640. He was employed in missions within Britain for many years, being appointed

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of St. Francis Xavier's 'college' (that is, a district, in this case comprising the Welsh missions) in 1655. Afterwards he was appointed rector of the House of Tertians (''tertians'' being Jesuits in their final year of probation.) at

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, where he died on 28 September 1665. He published anonymously an

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volume, without place or date, 'On the

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, against Dr.

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,' who later, in 1660, became (the Anglican)

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