Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

Born the eldest son of Colin Campbell of Auchendoun, Argyll, Campbell joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1791.^[1] He became commander of the schooner HMS Tobago in February 1805, the packet boat HMS Lily in September 1805 and the sloop HMS Pert in May 1807.^[1] He went on to be command the sloop HMS Espiegle in September 1809, the sloop HMS Port d'Espagne in April 1810 and the fifth-rate HMS Rosamond in September 1810.^[1] He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1818^[2] and Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in 1822 before retiring in 1832.^[1]

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Campbell, Donald" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.