Campbell Baronets, of St Cross Mede (1815)
The Campbell Baronetcy, of St Cross Mede in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1815 for the soldier Guy Campbell. The title was in honour of his father, Lieutenant-General Colin Campbell, Governor of Gibraltar, and was created with remainder to the heirs male of his father. Colin Campbell was the son of John Campbell, Deputy Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, illegitimate son of the Hon. Colin Campbell, younger son of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (see above).
Sir Ronald Campbell, second son of the third Baronet, was a diplomat.
- Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet (died 1849)
- Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, 2nd Baronet (1822-1882)
- Sir Guy Theophilus Campbell, 3rd Baronet (1854-1931)
- Sir Guy Colin Campbell, 4th Baronet (1885-1960)
- Sir Guy Theophilus Halswell Campbell, 5th Baronet (1910-1993)
- Sir Lachlan Philip Kemeys Campbell, 6th Baronet (born 1958)
The heir apparent is Archibald Edward Fitzgerald Campbell (born 1990)
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