Gilbert Campion, 1st Baron Campion
Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion, 1st Baron Campion GCB (11 May 1882 – 6 April 1958), known as Sir Gilbert Campion between 1937 and 1950, was a British civil servant. He served as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1937 to 1948.
Background and education[]
Campion was the son of John Montriou Campion. He was educated at Bedford School and at Hertford College, Oxford.[1]
Career[]
Campion fought in the First World War as a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps.
On 4 April 1921 he was appointed the Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons[2] and was promoted to be Clerk Assistant on 28 October 1930,[3][4] a post he held until 1937.[1] In the 1932 New Year Honours, he was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Companion (CB).[5][6] On 31 July 1937 Campion was promoted to be the Under Clerk of the Parliaments.[7] He was the editor of the 14th and 15th editions of Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice.[1] Campion was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1938 New Year Honours (KCB)[8][9]
He was appointed to be a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 1948 Birthday Honours[10] and retired that year as Under Clerk of the Parliaments, when he was replaced by Frederic Metcalfe CB.[11] In the 1950 Birthday Honours, his barony for "public services" was announced[12] and he was raised to the peerage as Baron Campion, of Bowes in the County of Surrey.[13]
Family[]
Campion married Hilda Mary, daughter of W. A. Spafford, in 1920. They had no children. He died in April 1958, aged 75, when the barony became extinct.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Gilbert Francis Montriou Campion, 1st and last Baron Campion". The Peerage. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "No. 13695". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 April 1921. p. 557.
- ^ "No. 33657". The London Gazette. 31 October 1930. p. 6739.
- ^ "No. 14701". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 November 1930. p. 1178.
- ^ "No. 33785". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1932. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 14823". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 January 1932. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 34423". The London Gazette. 3 August 1937. p. 4951.
- ^ "No. 34469". The London Gazette. 1 January 1938. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 15455". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1938. p. 17.
- ^ "No. 38311". The London Gazette. 4 June 1948. p. 3367.
- ^ "No. 38371". The London Gazette. 3 August 1948. p. 4356.
- ^ "No. 38929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2775.
- ^ "No. 38968". The London Gazette. 14 July 1950. p. 3622.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.
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