Robert Campbell (Australian politician, born 1769)
Robert Campbell | |
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Portrait of Robert Campbell, 1834, by Rodius | |
| Born | 28 April 1769 Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland |
| Died | 15 April 1846 (aged 77) Duntroon, near Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia (Now known as Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia) |
| Spouse | Sophia Palmer (1777–1833) |
| Children | John Campbell (1802–1886) Robert Campbell (1804–1859) Sophia Ives Campbell (1807–1809) Charles Campbell (1810–1888) Sarah Jeffreys nee Campbell (1815–?) George P. Campbell (1818–1881) Frederick Marsden Campbell (1821–1885) |
| Parent(s) | John Campbell (1728–1794) (9th Laird of Ashfield) & Agnes Paterson (1729–1792) |
Robert Campbell (1769–1846) was a merchant and politician in Sydney. He was a member of the first New South Wales Legislative Council. Campbell, a suburb of Canberra was named in his honour, as well as Campbell Island in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.