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William Robert Campbell

Sir
George William Robert Campbell
KCMG
1st & 3rd Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
In office
3 September 1866 – 1872
Succeeded by Frederick Richard Saunders
In office
1873–1891
Preceded by Frederick Richard Saunders
Succeeded by Louis Frederic Knollys
Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang
In office
1872–1873
Preceded by Arthur Birch
Succeeded by Edward Anson
Personal details
Born 1835
Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Died 10 January 1905
Spouse(s) Louisa Georgina Mary née Moyle
- (m. 1862; d. 1885)

Mary Gertrude née Murray
1853 (m. 1886; divorce 1903)
Children Elia Louisa Mary (b.1866), Guy (b.1888), Arthur Hamilton Gordon (b.1889), Victoria Mary (b.1892)
Parents John Campbell, Eliza née Elder
Profession Colonial administrator

Sir George William Robert Campbell KCMG (1835–1905) was the first British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Campbell was born in 1835 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, the son of John Campbell and Eliza née Elder. He enlisted in the Argyll and Bute Militia and served in India, where he was appointed assistant superintendent in the revenue survey. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he was adjucant of the Ahmedabad Koli Corps, Assistant-Superintendent of Police and Assistant Magistrate. After serving as chief of police in the Indian province of Ratnagiri, he was appointed by Governor Frederick North on 3 September 1866, as Chief Superintendent of Police in Ceylon, in charge of the Police Force. Therefore, 3 September 1866 is considered as the beginning of Sri Lanka Police Service. The post was changed to Inspector General of Police in 1867. In 1872 he was appointed Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, Malaysia, a position he served for one year before returning to his role as Inspector General of Police. In 1887 he was awarded the CMG. In 1891 he retired and returned to England where he received a knighthood for his service. Campbell died on 10 January 1905.



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