George Augustus Campbell

George Augustus Campbell

He was born on 18th May 1874. He was ordained as a deacon in Durham in September 1897 and graduated with his Master of Arts from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1902. His first appointment as a vicar came in 1921, when he was appointed the Vicar of Witham (serving at St Nicholas Church), a role he held until 1933. He later went on to serve as the Rector of St. Mary-at-the-Walls in Colchester, where he employed a Housekeeper and a maid. He continued at St. Mary’s until 1946, although he was Rector of Berechurch only until 1936. He died at St. mary’s Hospital, Eastbourne on Saturday 10th December 1955. He was 81. He was buried on Thursday 15th. His estate was £21,108 1s 8d.