Malcolm Campbell-Johnston
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Malcolm Campbell-Johnston | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for East Ham South | |
| In office 1931–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Barnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1871 |
| Died | 12 March 1938 (aged 66) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914-1918 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | York and Lancaster Regiment |
Malcolm Campbell-Johnston (14 April 1871 – 12 March 1938) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.[1]
Born in Crowthorne, Berkshire, he was the son of Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnston and Frances Ellen Bury Campbell-Johnston (née Paliser).[1] He was educated at Marlborough College and then studied law in California.[1] He returned to the United Kingdom where he was called to bar at the Inner Temple in 1893. He subsequently travelled to South Africa where he was admitted as a barrister in 1902. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1906.[1]
Career
Campbell-Johnston became involved in Unionist politics, and stood unsuccessfully for parliament in the December 1910 general election as the Conservative candidate at Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]
With the outbreak of the First World War, Campbell-Johnston obtained a commission in the 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.[1][2] In 1915 he was transferred to the General Staff as an Assistant Provost Marshal.[3] He later transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment and served on the Western Front from 1915–1918.[1]
Following the war he attempted to gain election to the London County Council in 1919, standing as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party at Bow and Bromley without success.[4] Three years later he gained a place on the council, representing Balham and Tooting.[1][5] In the same year he married May Isabel Fisk, a New York author.[1][6]
In 1931 a National Government was formed, and in October of that year a general election was held. Campbell-Johnston was chosen by the Conservatives to attempt to win the seat of East Ham South from the Labour Party, who opposed the National Government.[7] He successfully unseated Alfred Barnes, the sitting MP.[1] He resigned his London County Council seat at the 1934 local elections.[8]
When the next general election was called in 1935, Campbell-Johnston failed to hold his East Ham seat in a straight fight against Barnes, the man he had defeated four years earlier.[9] In December 1935 he announced that he would not be standing for parliament again.[10]
In 1937 he returned to local government, winning election to the London County Council at Lewisham West.[11][12]