563 Robert Campbell

Constituency : Helston  1866

Robert  briefly  succeeded  Adolphus  Young  when  his  election  was  declared  void.

At  the  by-election  both  candidates  scored  exactly  the  same  number  of  votes  and  the  returning  officer  gave  a  casting  vote  for  Robert. This  decision  was  appealed  and  the  Commons decided  that  both  men  should  sit. However  when   the  votes  were  scrutinised  one  of  Robert's  was  struck  out  so  the  Tory  was  elected.

Robert  was  a  London  merchant.

He  died  in  1887  aged  76.