Name

Duncan Campbell

Biography

Wealthy Liverpool merchant and shipowner. Elizabeth Betham's uncle. One of the men who moved goods and capital between Liverpool and Douglas — the commercial axis on which the running trade turned. Campbell employed William Bligh in his merchant fleet during the peacetime years between Cook's voyage and the Bounty commission.

Active Period

fl. 1770s–1790s

Place

Liverpool

Douglas

Period

Atholl Lordship

Related To

William Bligh

Elizabeth Betham

Role / Office

Merchant

Shipowner

Book Chapter

Chapter 6