*CAMPBELL, LORD. John Campbell, now Lord Campbell, and Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, was born iu 1779 at Springfield, near Cupar, Fifeshire, in Scotland. He is the eecoud son of the Rev. Dr. George Campbell, minister of Cupar, Fifeshire. He was educated at the University of St. Andrews. In November 1800 he was entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn, Londe'', was called to • the bar lu 1806, and bemuse a heather in 1 E27. In 1E30 he was elected )l P. for Stafford, hi 1532 foe Dudley, sad hi 1534 for Edinburgh, •Ialeh city he continued to represent till 1541. Ile was eolicithe resered from 1532 to February 1031, when be was appointed attorney gmerret mid so continued till November In the mine year. In April l'13 be am spin appointed attonsespeetserst. and he held the °Mee till Juno 1541. when helms appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and era. raised to the peerage as Bans* CampbelL lie resigned the chan cellorship of Ireland in September 1511. In July 1516 be was made Claasseellee of the Deasy of Laneaster, and in 1E50 became Chief Juvesees of the Court of Queen'. Bench, with a salary of 800W., which
high cake be still Lord Campbell married in 1521 the eldest deughter nf the first Lord A Weer, sad his wife in 1S36 was created Heronry,. Strathedcn. His Mae. Frederick Campbell, is heir to the title of Lord Campbell. and to the barony of Stratheien.
Lad Campbell published in 1846 'The Liens of the Lord Chancellors mad Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Timm to Om Heise of King George IV.' The first eerie. is in 3 vols. Svo, and exiteds to the Ilevolutice of 1658; vole 4 and Lc, forming the second retiea were published in Deonnber 1546; and vole 6 and 7, forming the third series, sad completing the work, came out in December 1847. la 1849 Lard Campbell published ' The Lives of the Chief Justice. of England, from the Norman Conquest to the Death of Lord Mansfield,' 2 vole Eve.