George Campbell (cricketer, born 1847)


George Augustus Campbell was an English cricketer.

Early life

George was the son of Colonel Herbert Frederick Campbell of Evenley Hall and his wife, Louisa Cox, he was born at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and was educated at Wellington College, where he first attended in 1860. His family were of Scottish descent and could trace their roots back to the 2nd Earl of Argyll

Career

Campbell made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire against Surrey in 1866 at Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool. Surrey won the toss and elected to field first, with Lancashire being put into bat. In their first-innings, Lancashire made 125 all out, with Campbell being dismissed for 10 runs by Frederick Miller. Surrey then responded in their first-innings by making 116 all out, with Lancashire then making 86 all out in their second-innings, in which Campbell was dismissed for 8 runs by George Griffith. Surrey reached 96/7 in their second-innings to win the match by three wickets. This was his only major appearance for Lancashire. Campbell's batting style is unknown.

Later career

He was also a keen hunter and was for eleven years the Secretary to the Grafton Hounds. Politically he was a Conservative, and was for many years President of the Brackley Conservative Association. In business, he was a partner in a firm of bankers and army agents, Cox and Company, which was formed through connections in his mother's family.

Personal life

On 23 July 1868, Campbell was married to Hon. Alice Louisa Barrington, the elder daughter of the Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington and the former Louisa Higgins. Together, George and Alice lived at Market House in Brackley and were the parents of five children, including:
He died at Brackley, Northamptonshire, on 12 September 1930. His funeral was well attended, with distinguished mourners such as Archibald Campbell, the then Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, and Oliver Fitzroy, who attended as a representative of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Edward FitzRoy.