William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) facts for kids

Lieutenant-Colonel William Campbell (died 1796), was an officer of the 24th Regiment of Foot of the British Army and a briefly-serving Governor of Bermuda.

Campbell, then a Major, had been the commander of the British fort built in 1794 on the Miami Rapids, and had refused to engage with American troops before the advance of Major-General Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States during the Northwest Indian War. Having been appointed Governor of Bermuda, Campbell arrived at Bermuda on the 22 November 1796, but died on the 2 December and was buried at St. Peter's Church.