Dictionary of Indian Biography/Campbell, Sir James MacNabb

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CAMPBELL, SIR JAMES MACNABB (1847–1903)

I.C.S. : born 1847 : son of Rev. J. M. Campbell, D.D. : educated at Glasgow D.C.L. Glasgow : went out to Bombay, 1869 : Under Secretary to Government in Political, Judicial Departments, 1880 : acted as Commissioner of Customs, Salt, Opium and Abkari, 1897 : Chairman of the Bombay Plague Committee, 1897 : Commissioner, 1900 : retired, 1900 : C.I.E., 1885 : K.C.I.E. 1897 : compiled the Bombay Gazetteer, 1873–84, in 26 volumes : wrote a history of Mandoghar, the capital of the Muhammadan kingdom of Malwa, and "Notes on the Spirit Basis of BeUef and Custom," in the Indian Antiquary, 1894–1901 : died May 26, 1903.