Background
Campbell, Sir Gerald was born on October 30, 1879 in St. Mary’s, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Review Colin and Mary (Head) Campbell.
Campbell, Sir Gerald was born on October 30, 1879 in St. Mary’s, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Review Colin and Mary (Head) Campbell.
Educated Repton School, 1893-1898. Honors degree in Classics, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1901. Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, University Bishop’s College, Quebec.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Rutgers, Queen’s (Ontario), McGill, Toronto, New York universities, Union College, Schenectady. Grove City (Pennsylvania) College. Doctor of Humane Letters, South Dakot School of Mines and Technology.
Began career in British Consular Service, 1906. Vice consul, Rio de Janeiro, 1907, Belgian Congo, 1908-1912, Venice, Italy, 1913-1915. Consul Adis Alaba, Abyssinia, 1915-1920.
Consul general, Philadelphia, 1920-1921, San Francisco, 1922-1930, New York, 1931-1938. High commissioner for United Kingdom in Canada, 1938-1941. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary, Washington, 1941.
Director general British Information Services, 1941-1942. Minister plenipotentiary and special assistant to British Ambassador, Washington, since 1942.
Fellow Royal Geography Society. Club: Travellers (London).
Married Margaret Churchill Juler, September 1911. Children: Pamela Margaret, Naomi Mary (Mistress.