Colin Minton Campbell, M.P

Colin Minton Campbell, born August 27th 1827, died February 8th 1885

A successful manufacturer, a leading townsman and generous friend

High Sheriff 1869, Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire 1874 to 1887, Thrice Lord Mayor of Stoke 1880-1883

Minton took two nephews into partnership, Michael Daintry Hollins and Colin Minton Campbell, Hollins in c.1840 and Campbell in c.1848.

From around 1845 when Hollins joined the company was split in to two divisions, Hollins managed the tile business and Campbell when he joined around 1848, the china business.

• http://www.thepotteries.org/location/districts/stoke4.htm
• http://www.thepotteries.org/biographies/campbell_colin_minton.htm
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 263