Who's Who in Jamaica: obituary -
Campbell, Charles Lachlan, the son of Donald Campbell, a solicitor, was born in Jamaica in 1832. He was educated at Wolmer's School, Kingston. He was at first employed in commercial life: but soon joined the reportorial staff of the "Morning Journal," then under the editorship of Edward Jordon, at a time when party feeling ran high, and when the old order was passing away and the new had hardly formed; but he himself was moderate in his views and in his expression of them. His talents soon caused him to be appointed assistant editor: and he became known for his forcible writing on the part of the people as opposed to the plantocracy. He was then for a time editor of "The Gleaner," but ultimately started his own paper "The Budget." He suffered materially by the great fire in Kingston in 1882, and never fully recovered. Ever a keen politician, he was induced to go to the poll in 1885 as a candidate for Kingston and St. Andrew, in the Legislative Council. Though not elected he was placed second between William Malabre and George Solomon; and henceforth he confined his politics to the advocacy of other candidates. He attained eminence as a Mason. He died in Kingston on the 11th of August, 1906.
Campbell, Charles Lachlan, the son of Donald Campbell, a solicitor, was born in Jamaica in 1832. He was educated at Wolmer's School, Kingston. He was at first employed in commercial life: but soon joined the reportorial staff of the "Morning Journal," then under the editorship of Edward Jordon, at a time when party feeling ran high, and when the old order was passing away and the new had hardly formed; but he himself was moderate in his views and in his expression of them. His talents soon caused him to be appointed assistant editor: and he became known for his forcible writing on the part of the people as opposed to the plantocracy. He was then for a time editor of "The Gleaner," but ultimately started his own paper "The Budget." He suffered materially by the great fire in Kingston in 1882, and never fully recovered. Ever a keen politician, he was induced to go to the poll in 1885 as a candidate for Kingston and St. Andrew, in the Legislative Council. Though not elected he was placed second between William Malabre and George Solomon; and henceforth he confined his politics to the advocacy of other candidates. He attained eminence as a Mason. He died in Kingston on the 11th of August, 1906.