John Campbell, merchant in Edinburgh

JOHN CAMPBELL

Merchant in Edinburgh: Provost of Edinburgh, 1719-20, and 1723-24; Sometime Clerk of Works of Edinburgh; Groom of the King's Bedchamber; Commissioner of Customs for Scotland and England. He died in 1739

Please note that John Campbell here treated is not the same person as John C Campbell, in Carriden Neither is he the same person as John Rhea Campbell

John Campbell here treated is the eldest son of Walter Campbell of Skipness and his second wife Jean Campbell. The Heraldry of the Campbells, p. 19

Evidence from the National Rwcords of Scotland

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1712: Accounts between Alexander Campbell, advocate, and Bailie John Campbell, merchant in Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Miscellaneous Papers (Formerly known as MP Bundles), reference RH15/14/135

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1717: Letters from John Campbell, provost of Edinburgh, to John Clerk, stating that although Parliament had only granted the duty of a penny on the pint of ale for 19 years 'the friendlie concern the gentlemen of the shire have been pleased to show.... for suppoort of the city.... lays an obligatione on the magistrats to perform these concessions in a greater measure than the gentlemen would...demand' National Records of Scotland, Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian, reference GD18/5815

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1724-25: Letters to Sir John Clerk from John Campbell, provost of Edinburgh and MP, regarding the false muster at Edinburgh Castle using some of the Town Guard, the passage of the Malt Tax in Parliament and other parliamentary and social news. National Records of Scotland, Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian, reference GD18/3198

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1726-28: Letters to Sir John Clerk from John Campbell, provost and MP of Edinburgh, regarding a letter from Robert Dundas of Arniston to Sir John; a visit from Lawrence Charters, and the reasons why Sir John should have accepted appointment as a director of the Royal Bank. National Records of Scotland, Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian, reference GD18/3208

Evidence from Edinburgh Records

17 December 1729: Edinburgh Burgesses, 1701-60, p. 12

Genealogical Accounts

1. Heraldry of the Campbells, p. 18-21
2. Stirnet: Campbell 13