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Campbell, William, Lord
Royal governor; younger brother of the fifth Duke of Argyll; became a captain in the British navy in August, 1762; was in Parliament in 1764; governor of Nova Scotia 1766-73; and was appointed governor of South Carolina, where he had acquired large possessions by his marriage to an American lady, in 1774.
He arrived at Charleston in July, 1775; was received with courtesy; and soon summoned a meeting of the Assembly.
They came, declined to do business, and adjourned on their own authority.
The Committee of Safety proceeded in their preparations for resistance without regard to the presence of the governor.
Lord Campbell professed great love for the people.
His sincerity was suspected, and the hollowness of his professions was soon proved.
Early in September Colonel Moultrie, by order of the Committee of Safety, proceeded to take possession of a small post on Sullivan's Island, in Charleston Harbor.
The small garrison fled to the British sloops-of-war