Colonel John Campbell, of Shawfield and Islay (
c. 1770 – 13 March 1809)[1] was a Scottish soldier in the
British Army. After his early death, his widow
Lady Charlotte Bury achieved fame as a
diarist and novelist. He was also briefly a politician.
In 1794, he was elected on the interest of his brother-in-law, the
6th Duke of Argyll as the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Ayr Burghs. He supported Argyll in opposing the
Duke of Portland's ministry, and died two years after his election, aged about 39.[2]
After his death, Lady Charlotte was appointed as a
lady-in-waiting in the household of
Caroline of Brunswick (then Princess of Wales, later Queen) until 1815, when she married John Bury, who became a Church of England rector. Her first novel was published anonymously in 1812 and followed by a dozen more. She also kept a diary of life in court which was published anonymously in 1838, but widely attributed to her.[4]
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Bibcode:
2007GSLSP.281....1B.
doi:
10.1144/sp281.1.
S2CID140651108.