A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Campbell, William
CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
William Campbell entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 36, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Jas. Carthew, on the Home station; attained the rating of Midshipman 22 Jan. 1805; and, on 1 April, 1808, removed with Capt. Carthew, as Master’s Mate, to the Gloire 38. He subsequently proceeded to the West Indies, where, after serving for some months as Acting-Lieutenant of the Rosamond 18, Capts. Benj. Walker, Edw. Flin, Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Don. Campbell, he was, 18 July, 1810, officially promoted into the Surinam 16, Capt. John Ellis Watt. He returned to England and was paid off 21 Oct. 1813, and from that period appears to have remained on half-pay until appointed, 22 May, 1840, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Rear-Admirals Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym. Since the summer of 1843 he has again been unemployed.