A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Campbell, Frederick Archibald
CAMPBELL. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Archibald Campbell is son of Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, an officer who distinguished himself in the Peninsula and at Waterloo; and brother of the late gallant Capt. Arthur Wellington Campbell, one of the Sutlej heroes, who fell by a cannon-shot on 21 Dec. 1845, while acting as Aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir H. Smith.
This officer entered the Navy in 1829; served for two years and a half in the Mediterranean; and was subsequently employed for three years on the coast of Africa, whither, after having been sent home for the restoration of his health, in consequence of an attack of coast fever, he ultimately returned. As a Lieutenant, to which rank he was promoted 11 May, 1837, Mr. Campbell’s appointments, we find, were – 2 Sept. 1837, to the Scout 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, also on the African station – 28 Jan. 1840, as Additional-Lieutenant; to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North America and the West Indies – 7 March, 1841, as Senior, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, on the same station – 11 Feb. 1842, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker – and, 25 Aug. and 17 Nov. 1842, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, and, again as First-Lieutenant, to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in which ship he returned to England and was paid off in the summer of 1845. Since the date of his last promotion, 27 April, 1846, Commander Campbell has been unemployed. Agents – Collier and Snee.