Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell, 7th Baronet

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Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell

Bt
Member of Parliament
for Berwickshire
In office
13 January 1834 – 4 August 1847
Preceded byCharles Albany Marjoribanks
Succeeded byFrancis Scott
Personal details
Born15 December 1812
Died30 January 1894(1894-01-30) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative/Tory

Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell, 7th Baronet (15 December 1812 – 30 January 1894)[1][2] was a British Conservative and Tory politician.[3][4]

He was the son of and Charlotte Rey. In 1834, he married Margaret Penelope Spottiswoode, daughter of John Spottiswoode and Helen Wauchope, and they had one child: Helen Purves-Hume-Campbell (c. 1835–1875).[4]

Purves-Hume-Campbell was first elected Tory MP for Berwickshire at a —caused by the death of Charles Albany Marjoribanks—and held the seat until 1847, when he did not seek re-election.[3][5] A keen cricketer, he played first-class cricket twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1837, playing at Lord's against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[6]

He succeeded to the in 1833 upon the death of his father. Upon his own death in 1894, the title was inherited by .[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (7 April 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Rayment, Leigh (1 October 2018). "The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Baronets beginning with "H"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 197. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lundy, Darryl (2 September 2005). "Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell of Marchmont, 7th Bt". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Campbell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2021-04-19.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Albany Marjoribanks 		Member of Parliament for Berwickshire
–1847 		Succeeded by
Francis Scott
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
 Baronet
(of Purves Hall)
1833–1894 		Succeeded by
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