Biography

Bruce Campbell. (1734-1813)

Of Milrig, Mayfield and Hillhouse. Son of Hugh Campbell (1703-1782) and Margaret Henderson. Married (1772) to Annabella Wilson (b. ca. 1751), daughter of James Wilson of Kilmarnock. Grandson of Hugh Campbell and Margaret Boswell (b. 1672), who was the daughter of JB's great-grandfather David Boswell, and hence a sister of JB's grandfather. Campbell and his wife had at least 10 children

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell was with him at Marchmont House on October 18, 1762, describing him as "a rough, blunt, resolute young fellow with much common sense, and is very obliging to his friends". In LJ110563 Boswell refers to a letter he'd received from Campbell some time before, suggesting that he "should call on a lady of the town named Miss Watts and treat her with another [bottle of sherry]". Miss Watts was a prostitute and on May 19, 1763 Boswell went to see her.

Later on Bruce Campbell acted as Supervisor of Auchinleck in Boswell's absense.¹ In a letter to Campbell dated November 13, 1788, poet Robert Burns asked Campbell to introduce him to Boswell (Link).

External links:

• Campbells of Barquharrie & Mayfield - from Rootsweb

This article was last updated at February 16 2008 21:17:28 CET

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