John Campbell

John Campbell (1758–1828) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1818. Life He was born in Glasgow on 24 May 1758 the son of Daniel Campbell, a merchant. He was educated at Glasgow Grammar School then studied at Glasgow University. In August 1781 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Glasgow. His first role (1782) was as private chaplain to Willielma Campbell, Lady Glenorchy. In that capacity he may have assisted Rev Thomas Snell Jones for a year at Lady Glenorchy's Church in Edinburgh (but as a Church of Scotland minister could not officially preside as the General Assembly did not approve of this privately built chapel).