Robert Orr Campbell

Robert Orr Campbell (1815–1892) was a Scottish businessman in Madras.[1][2]

He was the son of Alexander Campbell of Barnhill and his wife Fanny, daughter of Robert Orr.[1] He served as a non-official member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1861 to 1865.[3] He was a partner in the British firm of Binny and Co. and served as the President of the Madras Chamber of Commerce from 1854 to 1856.[4]

Campbell became chairman of the National Bank of India. He died at Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.[2]

Notes
  1. Joseph Irving (1879). "The Book of Dumbartonshire: a history of the county, burghs, parishes, and lands, memoirs of families, and notices of industries carried on in the Lennox district". Internet Archive. p. 368. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. "Kempston". Bedfordshire Times and Independent. 8 October 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. K. C. Markandan (1964). Madras Legislative Council; Its constitution and working between 1861 and 1909. S. Chand & Co. p. 10.
  4. "Past Presidents, 1888-1951". Madras Chamber of Commerce.
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