Charles Henry Gordon Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy (1885–1963) succeeded his father
James to become 2nd Baron Glenavy in March 1931. He was in turn succeeded as the 3rd Baron by his son, the
satirist
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and
television
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personality
Patrick Campbell.
Charles was educated at
Charterhouse School
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and was a barrister who met and married
Beatrice Elvery
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Early life
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.
He was a contemporary of
D. H. Lawrence
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, to whom he was introduced by
Katherine Mansfield
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and
John Middleton Murry
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on 26 July 1913.
Known as Gordon Campbell, he served as Secretary of the new
Department of Industry and Commerce, notably pushing for schemes to increase employment from 1922, which failed, and promoting the
Shannon hydroelectric scheme with his minister
Patrick McGilligan. From 1925 Campbell's influence decreased, being opposed to
Patrick Hogan's policy of economic support for the larger farmers.
From 1932 to 1963, Campbell served as president of the council of the
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. He was appointed a director of
Bank of Ireland
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becoming governor (chairman) from 1945 to 1948, and was involved in the transition of the
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into the
Central Bank of Ireland
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in 1942–43.
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1885 births
1963 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Lawyers from County Dublin
20th-century Irish civil servants
20th-century Irish lawyers