John Campbell (Irish surgeon)

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

1. "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 Robert Corkey John Hanna Robb Robert James Johnstone Robert Norman McNeill