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Colin Minto Campbell, 1828-1885

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 1828
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1885
Place of Death: Uttoxeter

Identity:

Colin Minto Campbell was a pottery manufacturer and M.P. for Woodseat, Rocester and Ashbourne in Staffordshire. He was the son of John Campbell of Liverpool.

Life:

Campbell was elected Conservative MP for Staffordshire North in 1874. He was the principal partner in Messrs Minton of Stoke-on-Trent. He may have known JW in the mid-seventies, when his name appears in an address book (#12714).

Bibliography:

Ridgway, Companion to the Calendars for the Year, London, 1875; Annual Register, London, 1885, p. 146.