The Rt Revd Archibald Rollo Graham Campbell

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(18 February 1903 – 11 April 1978) was an Anglican

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in the mid-20th century. Graham Campbell was educated at Eton and

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and after a period of study at

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was ordained deacon in 1926 and priest in 1927. His career began with a

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of St John,

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. Next he was an Assistant Master at his old school and then

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of St Paul,

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. From 1942 until 1948 he was

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and

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of his old college. In 1948 he became

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, a post he held for 16 years. He was then

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until his retirement in 1968. He died as the result of injuries sustained in a snowstorm car crash.Burton Latimer Heritage Society
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham Campbell, Rollo 1903 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Anglican bishops of Colombo 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1978 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College, Cambridge British expatriates in Sri Lanka College chaplains of the University of Cambridge Accidental deaths in England