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John Campbell (Irish surgeon)

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Sir John Campbell FRCS (1862 – 31 August 1929) was a senior Northern Irish consultant surgeon and politician.[1]

He was the son of the Reverend Robert Campbell and was educated at the Royal University of Ireland and later at the Rotunda Hospital and the London Hospital.[1] During the First World War, he served in France as the chief surgeon at No. 5 British Red Cross Hospital.[1]

He was a member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast from 1921 to 1929.[1][2]

He was knighted in the 1925 New Year Honours.[3] He died after a long illness at his house at Craigavad, County Down on 31 August 1929.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sir John Campbell". Obituaries. The Times. No. 45297. London. 2 September 1929. col D, p. 18.
  2. ^ The Parliamentary debates: official report, vol. 5, H.M.S.O. on behalf of the Government of Northern Ireland, 1925, pp. 17–25
  3. ^ "No. 33007". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1925. p. 1.
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament Member of Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast
1921–1929
With: John Hanna Robb
Robert James Johnstone
Hugh Morrison
Succeeded by