title: Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)
text: # Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)
  
  Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell (1788–1856) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the Leeward Islands Station.
  
  ## Naval career
  
  Born the eldest son of Colin Campbell of Auchendoun, Argyll, Campbell joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1791. He became commander of the schooner HMS Tobago in February 1805, the packet boat HMS Lily in September 1805 and the sloop HMS Pert in May 1807. He went on to be command the sloop HMS Espiegle in September 1809, the sloop HMS Port d'Espagne in April 1810 and the fifth-rate HMS Rosamond in September 1810. He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1818 and Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in 1822 before retiring in 1832.
  
  