Campbell Sir William 1758-1834 Born In Scotland Enlisted As A


private in a Highland regiment; came to America during the Revolutionary

War; took part in the battle of Yorktown, 1781; after his release

determined to remain in America. Studied law and called to the bar of

Nova Scotia; practised his profession for nineteen years; elected to the

Assembly of Cape Breton; attorney-general. Appointed to a puisne

judgeship in Upper Canada, 1811; chief-justice, 1825; retired, 1829;

knighted, 1829. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Read, Lives of the

Judges.



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