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Lieutenant Colonel
Malcolm Campbell-Johnston
Member of Parliament
for East Ham South
In office
1931–1935
Preceded byAlfred Barnes
Succeeded byAlfred Barnes
Personal details
Born14 April 1871
Died12 March 1938 (aged 66)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
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(m. 1922)​
OccupationBarrister
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1914-1918
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitYork and Lancaster Regiment

Malcolm Campbell-Johnston (14 April 1871 – 12 March 1938) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.[1]

Early life

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Born in Crowthorne, Berkshire, he was the son of Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnston and Frances Ellen Bury Campbell-Johnston (née Paliser).[1] He was educated at Marlborough College and then studied law in California.[1] He returned to the United Kingdom where he was called to bar at the Inner Temple in 1893. He subsequently travelled to South Africa where he was admitted as a barrister in 1902. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1906.[1]

Career

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Campbell-Johnston became involved in Unionist politics, and stood unsuccessfully for parliament in the December 1910 general election as the Conservative candidate at Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]

With the outbreak of the First World War, Campbell-Johnston obtained a commission in the 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.[1][2] In 1915 he was transferred to the General Staff as an Assistant Provost Marshal.[3] He later transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment and served on the Western Front from 1915–1918.[1]

Following the war he attempted to gain election to the London County Council in 1919, standing as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party at Bow and Bromley without success.[4] Three years later he gained a place on the council, representing Balham and Tooting.[1][5] In the same year he married May Isabel Fisk, a New York author.[1][6]

In 1931 a National Government was formed, and in October of that year a general election was held. Campbell-Johnston was chosen by the Conservatives to attempt to win the seat of East Ham South from the Labour Party, who opposed the National Government.[7] He successfully unseated Alfred Barnes, the sitting MP.[1] He resigned his London County Council seat at the 1934 local elections.[8]

When the next general election was called in 1935, Campbell-Johnston failed to hold his East Ham seat in a straight fight against Barnes, the man he had defeated four years earlier.[9] In December 1935 he announced that he would not be standing for parliament again.[10]

In 1937 he returned to local government, winning election to the London County Council at Lewisham West.[11][12]

Death

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He died at his home in Marylebone, London in March 1938, aged 66.[13][14] He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON, Malcolm". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 29000". The London Gazette. 8 December 1914. p. 10449.
  3. ^ "No. 29466". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1469.
  4. ^ "L.C.C. Elections. The Nominations. 196 Candidates". The Times. 27 February 1919. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Socialist Attack Repulsed. Parties In New L.C.C., Municipal Reform Success". The Times. 4 March 1922. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Marriages". The Times. 20 June 1922. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Big Mnjorities To Reverse East And West Ham Contests". The Times. 22 October 1931. p. 7.
  8. ^ "L.C.C. Election". The Times. 10 March 1934. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Labour And London. Efforts To Reverse Results Of 1931". The Times. 14 November 1935. p. 7.
  10. ^ "News in Brief". The Times. 30 December 1935. p. 14.
  11. ^ "L.C.C. Election Full List Of The Nominations, Fights In All Areas Except The City". The Times. 25 February 1937. p. 8.
  12. ^ "L.C.C. Election Results Declared Last Night, No Change In Parties". The Times. 25 March 1937. p. 16.
  13. ^ a b "Deaths". The Times. 14 March 1938. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Obituary: Captain Campbell-Johnston". The Times. 14 March 1938. p. 16.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Ham South
1931–1935 		Succeeded by
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