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Former Member Details

Mr John Thomas CAMPBELL (1770 - 1830)

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Date of Birth: 08/04/1770
Place of Birth: Ulster, Ireland
Date of Death: 07/01/1830
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 30 Jan 1829 07 Jan 1830 11 months 9 days An Appointed Member of the first Legislative Council 1824 - 1843
Collector of Customs 05 Apr 1827 01 Jan 1828 8 months 28 days
Political Party Activity
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant. Vice-Regal secretary (1810 - 1820); Collector of Customs (1827 - 1828). Educated at home by their father. Spent the years from 1793 until 1795 in the Bank of Ireland. After arriving in Sydney, on 1 January 1810 Campbell was appointed secretary to Macquarie. Campbell took a leading part in the founding of the Bank of New South Wales from 1816 until 1817 and was appointed as the first president of the Board of Directors. As a private citizen was a large landholder and a most efficient farmer and breeder of cattle and horses.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Eldest son of the Reverend William Campbell, vicar of Newry, County Armagh, Ireland, and his wife Mary McCammon.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1