Colin Campbell (British Priest)
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Colin Arthur Fitzgerald Campbell (17 June 1863 – 6 January 1916) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Wisbech. Campbell was the tenth child, and sixth son, of Colonel
Sir Edward Campbell, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward FitzGerald Campbell, 2nd Baronet (25 October 1822 – 23 November 1882) was a British baronet and soldier. Early life Campbell was born on 25 October 1822. He was the eldest son of Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet and the former Pamela Fit ...
and Georgiana Charlotte Theophila, second daughter of Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Bt. He was educated at
Tonbridge School Tonbridge School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for boys aged 13–18) in Tonbridge, Kent, England, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde (sometimes spelt Judd). It is a member of the Eton Group and has clo ...
and
Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the Unive ...
. He was a
teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. w ...
at Spondon School from 1885 to 1889; and Private Secretary to the
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, the
Earl of Kintore Earl of Kintore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1677 for Sir John Keith, third son of William Keith, 6th Hereditary Earl Marischal of Scotland (see Earl Marischal for earlier history of the family) and Chief of Clan ...
from 1889 to 1892. He was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
in 1893 and
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in 1894. After a
curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are ass ...
in
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he was: Senior Domestic Chaplain to the
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the Primus inter pares, ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop ...
from 1884 to 1886; Private Chaplain to the
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from 1886 to 1893; Rector of Thornham Magna cum Parva from 1895 to 1902; Rector of
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from 1902Street and Walton
/ref> to 1908; Rector of
Worlingworth Worlingworth is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located around ten miles south-east of Diss, Norfolk, Diss. In 2011 it had a total population of 802 people. The village has a primary school ...
from 1908 to 1912 (and
Rural Dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective ...
of
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from 1909 to 1912; and Rector of
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from 1912 until his death.


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1863 births People educated at Tonbridge School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Wisbech 1916 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-19C-stub