Mungo Campbell


Mungo Nutter Campbell of Ballimore was a 19th-century Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1824/26.

Life

He was born around 1785 the eleventh child of Alexander Campbell of Dallingburn and his wife, Susanna Nutter Campbell. His father was collector of customs at Port Glasgow.
He entered Glasgow University in 1799 but there is no record of his graduation.
In 1809 following his first marriage, he joined his father-in-law 's firm of John Campbell & Son, West Indies traders. The company reached its peak in 1821, with sugar plantations in the West Indies and Demerara.
In 1811 he inherited his father's estate at Dellingburn. In 1813 he purchased Belvidere as a residence. In 1820 he sold Belvidere and purchased the Ballimore estate on Loch Fyne.
In 1826 he is listed as a merchant living at 5 Blythswood Place and with premises at 35 Buchanan Street.
In Glasgow Town Council he served as Dean of Guild 1823/24 and Lord Provost 1824 to 1826.
In 1834 he received large compensation for the loss of slaves in British Guyana where he owned the Endeavour, Johanna, Enterprise, Annandale and Perth plantations.
In 1850 he was living at 12 Moore Place in Glasgow.
He died at Ballimore House on 26 July 1862.

Family

He married his cousin, Helen Campbell, daughter of John Campbell of Morristoun, in Liverpool in 1809. They had three daughters.
His first daughter, Marion Helen Campbell married John Macpherson-Grant, 2nd Baronet of Ballindalloch.
He secondly, in 1824, married Anne Amelia McLellan
His cousin, Colin Campbell of Colgrain was immensely rich.

Artistic Recognition

He was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn around 1825.