A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Campbell, George
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
George Campbell entered the Navy, 31 Dec. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, employed off Ferrol, and – with the exception of two short intervals in the years 1806 and 1812, when we find him attached to the Donegal 74, Capt. Fulteney Malcolm, and Blossom 20, Capt. Wm. Stewart – served from 31 Aug. 1805, to 31 Dec. 1812, with Capt. Patrick Campbell, in La Chiffonne and Unité frigates, and Leviathan 74, on the Mediterranean station, the last three years and a half as Master’s Mate. On 1 Jan. 1813, he joined the Caledonia 120, flagship of Sir Edw. Pellew on the same station, where he witnessed, 5 Feb. 1813, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1814, two partial actions with the French fleet out of Toulon. Mr. Campbell, whose appointment to the Caledonia was confirmed on 5 April in the latter year, removed, 10 June following, to the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying at Portsmouth, and was placed on half-pay on 30 of the same month. He has not since been afloat.