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General '''Alexander Campbell''' ({{circa|1750}} – 24 February 1832) of [[Monzie Castle]], Perth was a British Army general and Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/campbell-alexander-1750-1832|title=CAMPBELL, Alexander (c.1750-1832), of Monzie, Perth.|publisher=History of Parliament Trust|accessdate= 13 September 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Monzie Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1632618.jpg|thumb|Monzie Castle, Perthshire]]
He was born the only son of [[Robert Campbell (Scottish politician)|Robert Campbell of Finab and Monzie]], and Inverawe, Argyll, who was the MP for [[Argyll (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll]]. He succeeded his father in 1790.
He joined the British Army in 1769 as an ensign in the [[42nd Foot]]. He transferred as a lieutenant to the [[Royal Scots Greys|2nd Royals]] in 1770 and as a captain to the [[50th Foot]] and then the [[62nd Foot]] in 1772. After serving as a major in the [[74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot|74th Foot]] (1777) he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the [[62nd Foot]] in 1782 and the [[3rd Foot Guards]] in 1789. He was made a colonel in the  [[116th (Perthshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot|116th Foot]] in 1794, and promoted major-general in 1795. He was colonel of the 7th West India regiment in 1796 and raised to lieutenant-general in 1802.
He was Colonel of the [[13th Foot]] from 1804 to 1813, promoted full general in 1812 and transferred to be Colonel of the [[32nd Foot]] from 1813 to his death. He served in the [[American War of Independence]], as well as in Scotland, Ireland and Flanders, and in the West Indies in 1796.
In 1797 he was on the Army staff at Newcastle when he was returned to Parliament as the member for [[Anstruther Easter Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Anstruther Burghs]]. In 1807 he was elected to represent [[Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling Burghs]], sitting until 1818.
He died in 1832. He had married Christina Menzies and had one son: [[Alexander Campbell Cameron]].
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