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The Great Eastern brings the news oil the
death in London, June %, from the rupture OF
A blood vessel, Of Lord John Campbell, VINO
for half a century has been pre- eminent as )u'
rist, Judge and man OF letters y. s.5..
Lord Campbell was eighty years old WITHIN
two months, at his death, having been born On
The 18Th of September, 1881, at Cupar, Saint
Andrews. In the county OF Fife, Scotland. he
was the seventh child Of the Rev. George
Campbell, minister Of Cupar, and his vile Mag
dalen, daughter of John Hallyberton, e a. the
head of a good family in Fortarshire., on the
fathers side of the house he was descended
from the ducal house of Argyle, and his moth
er was allied to several noble Scottish families,
But the Lord Chancellor owed his great success
at the bar Of England far more to the power Oh
bis mind than the, nobility Of his blood -
Throughout his life he was distinguished py IN
tegrity above oil temptation, perseverance pever
discouraged, and an energy equal 10 the execu-
ton of all that his intellect planned: ,rA -
While very young John Campbell was edu-
Gated with a view to clerical pursuits at the
University of st. Andrews, one OF his cotem
poraries being the future DR.. Chalmers. Having
taken his degree as Master OF Arts, be resolved
to seek his fame and fortune at the English bar
| In 1901 he entered his name at Lincoln's Inn,
where he attended the chambers OF the late Mr.
Tidd. In 1906 he was called to the bar, having
| In the interval of Eve years OF unremitting
study, supported himself almost entirely oy
writing for the London press-especlally by re,
porting trials and writing theatrical criticismi
for the London Chronicle.
He then began his practice at westminster
Hall and on the Oxford Circuit where ne
formed lasting friendship with the late Judgt
Talford. These early struggles we're nghtenet
by the publication of four volumes of Nisi PriuI
REPORTS, under Lord Ellenborough. His prae
tice began to increase rapidly, and though MI
politics were adverse to those OF Lort
Edon, his abilities, not to be overlooked
secured for him, in 1871, the Sill
gown of kings COUNSEL and seat WITHIN tn'
bar. In 1880, he obtained seat in the Hous.
of Commons. being returned M. P. for Stafford
wbicb he represented in two successive Parlia
ments In 1882, he was chosen for the borough
of Dudley, and in the same year received th'
honor of knighthood, on being appointed Solic
litor. G eneral. In 1884, he succeeded Sir "
Horne as Attorney General. When in th'
Same wear Lord Jeffrey retired from the repre-
aentation Of Edinburgh, Sir John Campbell wa
returned BY large majority, and continued =
/. represent that city until June, lS4l, when b
accented the Chaneellorship Of Ireland, and
place among the peers of England, es Lor
Campbell, Of st. Andrews, County Fife; hl
wife, daughter of Lord Abinger, having .prt
viously been created peeress in her own righ
: with the title Of Baroness Stratbeden. IN
Chancellorship of Ireland he resigned In th
September following; in 1850, succeeded th
late Lord Denham as Lord Chief Justice OF th
Queens Bench, and was but q few years ag
raised to the high position of Lord Chancellt
of England, by Lord Palmerston.
, In his later years Lord Campbell, acting upo
; the maxim Of Bacon, that every man is q deb
or to his profession, employed his leisure
writing the "Lives of the Lord Chancellors an
KEEPERS of the Great Seal" an importaI
tribute to legal biography, which he followt
Iby his publication Of his "Chief Justices
Enpland."f u4 o.. lJ1~fl O. +,
Lord Campbell was not very frequent speal
ef IA the House; he took but little part
merely political debates, hut when he did
dress The Commons, his speeches were alwa
practical, and had palpable results. He "
married in 1921 to Mary Elizabeth Scarlet, Z
Ilady referred to above, and by her had sew
children, three of whom were sons. One
these represented Cambridge in Parliament, o
another served in Bengal, in the army OF
q East India Company. Lord Campbell wal
man not merely eminent in his own COUNT
but famous throughout Europe and America