William Middleton Campbell


William Middleton Campbell was Governor of the Bank of England from 1907 to 1909.

Early life

William Middleton Campbell was born in 1849. He was the son of Colin Campbell of Colgrain and Camis Eskan, a wealthy sugar merchant who owned plantations in British Guiana. He was educated at Eton College.

Career

Campbell was a director of the Bank of England from 1886 and Governor from 1907 to 1909, having served as the Deputy Governor from 1905 to 1907.

Personal life

He married Edith Agneta Bevan, the daughter of the banker Robert Cooper Lee Bevan. Their son Norman Robert Campbell was a physicist and philosopher of science.

Death

He died in 1919.