Mr James Campbell

Abt 1668 -

• Name	James Campbell
  Title	Mr
  Birth	Abt 1668	Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	16 Aug 1682	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Merchant apprentice to James Loch
  Occupation	1692	London, England
  	Banker, founding partner of Stewart and Campbell with Walter Stewart
  Occupation	1696	London, England   [2]
  	Merchant
  Occupation	8 Jan 1695/96	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Merchant - date admitted as a Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh
  Occupation	May 1696	London, England   [3]
  	Director of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Was added to the Board to solicit investors in London, and sent to Rotterdam
  Residence	1709	London, England
  	Led calls by London merchants for the relief of St John's, Newfoundland
  	Alsop, J. D. 1991. ‘The Age of the Projectors: British Imperial Strategy in the North Atlantic in the War of Spanish Succession’. Acadiensis 21 (1): 30–53.
  Origin	Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I46988	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Campbell   d. 1680
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Toschach   d. Oct 1690, Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1662
  Marriage Contract	15 Nov 1662	Perthshire, Scotland   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F31547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1668 - Perthshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice to James Loch - 16 Aug 1682 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Banker, founding partner of Stewart and Campbell with Walter Stewart - 1692 - London, England Occupation - Merchant - 1696 - London, England Occupation - Merchant - date admitted as a Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh - 8 Jan 1695/96 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Director of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Was added to the Board to solicit investors in London, and sent to Rotterdam - May 1696 - London, England Residence - Led calls by London merchants for the relief of St John's, Newfoundland - 1709 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3595] Boog Watson, Charles B., Register of Edinburgh Apprentices, 1666-1700. p17 [S3594] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700, p95. [S3806] Watt, Douglas, The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations, pp 44, 93,, 96, 264, 267. [S3701] MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 9, Ste-Y, p660. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RS52/1/unfoliated.