Edward Fitzgerald Campbell Bt (1822 - 1882)

Born 25 Oct 1822 in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom

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Died 23 Nov 1882 at age 60 in West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex, England

Biography

Edward was born in 1822. He was the son of Guy Campbell and Pamela FitzGerald. He passed away in 1882. First-hand information as remembered by Ciara Humphreys, Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Birth 25 Oct 1822 • Chelsea, Middlesex, England

Birth of Daughter Annie Campbell(1860–) abt 1860 • East Indies

Birth of Son Gerald Fitzgerald Campbell(1862–1933) 25 Apr 1862 • Aldershot, Hampshire, England

Birth of Son Colin Campbell(1864–) abt 1864 • Woolwich, Middlesex, England

Birth of Son Francis Campbell(1864–) abt 1864 • Woolwich, Middlesex, England

Birth of Son Percy Campbell(1866–) abt 1866 • Sutton St Michael, Herefordshire, England

Birth of Daughter Fenetta Campbell(1867–) abt 1867 • Sutton St Michael, Herefordshire, England

Birth of Son Tom Campbell(1868–) abt 1868 • Sutton St Michael, Herefordshire, England

Birth of Daughter Griselda Mary Theophila Campbell(1870–1929) abt 1870 • Herefordshire, England

Residence 1871 • South Bersted, Sussex, England Relationship: Head

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1871 England Census

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, 2nd Bt, was the eldest son of Major-General Sir Guy Campbell CB (1786-1849), 1st Bt., and a great-grandson of the Duke of Leinster. He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before being appointed Second Lieutenant in the 60th, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, on 2 July 1841, rising to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 July 1844. He served with the 1st/60th in India (1845-60) and was an aide-de-camp to General Sir Charles Napier, commander-in-chief in India (1849-50), - a relative through his grandfather, Lord Edward Fitzgerald - and to Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (1848-56). He was promoted Captain on 27 December 1850. Edward Campbell’s father died on 26 Jan 1849 and Edward assumed the baronetcy. He married Georgiana (GG) Metcalfe, aged 23, the second eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Bt. (1795-1853), the civil commissioner and agent (resident) of the Honourable East India Company at the Imperial court of the Mughals in Delhi. Initially Sir Thomas was opposed to GG’s marriage as he thought Sir Edward was too impoverished to look after her. However he relented when GG, who was head over heels in love with Campbell, went on hunger strike. The marriage of Sir Edward and GG took place at West Grinstead, Sussex, on 25 October 1853, only 10 days before the death of Sir Thomas, aged 58, on 3 November 1853 under mysterious circumstances. (It is alleged that he was poisoned by the Mughal queen, Zinat Mahal, in revenge for his part in the exclusion of her son, Jivan Bahkt, from heirdom to the Imperial title.) Sir Edward was stationed at the Musketry Depot at Sialkot in the Punjab when the Indian Mutiny began on 10 May 1857. He went hastily to Simla where his wife, who was pregnant, was living for the sake of her health. He was summoned to rejoin the 1st/60th, arriving on the ridge above Delhi by mail-cart on 3 July. He was given command of a company and distinguished himself in many skirmishes that took place against the rebels outside the city before the assault on Delhi was launched on 14 September. After the recapture of Delhi, Campbell was made a Brevet Major in the Army on 19 January 1858 and a Major at regimental duty on 9 September 1858. He was appointed Military Secretary to the Governor-General, Lord Canning, in 1859, and was promoted to the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 18 September 1860 and to Colonel on 12 January 1867. During his service in India Campbell took part in the Second Sikh War (1848-9), the Expedition to Kohat in 1850 and in the Indian Mutiny. Sir Edward was placed on half-pay in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1870, with the honorary rank of Colonel, and retired from the Army in 1872. He died at his home at West Grinstead Lodge, Sussex, on 23 November 1882, aged 60, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the 3rd Baronet.[1] Dalrymple, William, The Last Mughal (London: Bloomsbury, 2006) p.340 The Pearl Earring once belonging to the queen of Delhi Sir Edward Campbell, Bt., 1st/60th Rifles Georgiana Metcalfe, most probably before her marriage to Edward Campbell in 1853 Family Relationships You You Children

Sir Guy Theophilus Campbell, 3rd Bt

Colonel Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, 2nd Bt Spouse

Georgiana Charlotte Theophila Metcalfe

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