Robert Campbell (1718 – January 3, 1775) was a merchant and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

. He was a member of the

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and represented Halifax County in the

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from 1770 to 1775. He came to Halifax in 1749 with

Edward Cornwallis Edward Cornwallis ( – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite r ...

. Campbell was among those who petitioned for the establishment of representative government for Nova Scotia in 1757.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1718 births 1775 deaths 18th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub