Eliza Constantia Campbell (née Pryce; 8 January 1796 – 1864) was a Welsh author. Campbell was the daughter of Richard Pryce, Esq., of Gunley,

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. She was married twice: first, in 1827, to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N., of

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. Their son was the classical scholar Lewis Campbell. Pryce died in 1832. In 1833, Campbell published a collection of her stories titled ''Stories from the History of Wales'', under the pseudonym "A Lady of the Principality"; It was reissued in 1837 as ''Tales about Wales''. Campbell married Col. Hugh Morrieson, E.I.C. He died in 1859. Campbell died in 1864. The

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holds a significant number of her prints.

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