William Campion

For other people named William Campion, see William Campion (disambiguation).

Sir William Campion KCMG DSO TD DL
Sir William Campion and son
21st Governor of Western Australia
In office 28 October 1924 – 9 June 1931
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Sir Francis Newdegate
Succeeded by	Sir James Mitchell (from 1948)
Personal details
Born	William Robert Campion (1870-07-03)3 July 1870 London, England, UK
Died	Hassocks, Sussex, England, UK
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Katherine Mary Byron
Awards	Distinguished Service Order
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I

Colonel Sir William Robert Campion KCMG DSO TD DL (3 July 1870 – 2 January 1951), was a British politician and Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931.

Born in England in 1870, he was educated at Eton and Oxford University, and was the Conservative MP for Lewes between 1910 and 1924, when he was knighted and given the governorship of Western Australia.

Campion was commissioned into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in 1888. He served in the First World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915, and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.

He died in Sussex in 1951.

Campion (left of centre) at Western Australia's centenary celebrations in 1929.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Campion

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt.	Member of Parliament for Lewes 1910 – 1924	Succeeded by Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Francis Newdegate	Governor of Western Australia 1924–1931	Vacant Title next held by Sir James Mitchell