CAMPBELL, Sir Archibald (1739-91), of Inverneil, Argyll.

Campbell was a friend of Henry Dundas, who consulted him frequently on Indian affairs.HMC Fortescue, i. 481, 518; ii, 11. He was reselected unopposed for Stirling Burghs in 1790 and again supported Pitt’s administration. His only known speech in the first session was on the corn bill, 11 Mar. Service in India had undermined his health and he died ‘of a cold’ 31 Mar. 1791, just after taking possession of a newly-purchased house in Grosvenor Square and after having been offered the command of the troops to be sent to Nootka Sound.Gent. Mag. (1791), i. 383; Public Advertiser, 5 Apr.; Morning Chron. 13 Apr. 1791. He was buried at Westminster Abbey. At the by-election caused by his death, Dundas supported Campbell’s nephew out of respect ‘for his memory’. Campbell’s constituents liked and admired him, but they did not see ‘why a family so distant in Argyllshire should have a hereditary right’ to the burghs.SRO GD51/1/198/10/15, 21.