Donald Campbell
Donald Malcolm Campbell, (23 March 19214 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England.
Donald Campbell (Royal Navy officer)
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.