John Campbell (Royal Navy Officer) - Service History

Service History

  • 1740 sailed around the world on the Centurion
  • 1745 made a lieutenant,
  • 1778 made captain,
  • 1779 promoted Vice-Admiral,
  • 1782 commander-in-chief and governor of Newfoundland,

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