CAMPBELL, Donald. Argyll 1751 — Hurron, Essex 5.6.1804. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of an E.I.C. officer, politically a Hanoverian family. A cavalry officer, travelled to India via Venice, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bushire, and Bombay. On way to Madras he was shipwrecked and captured ny soldiers of Hyder Ali, but released when General Matthew was approaching and could thus participate in negotiations on behalf of Hyder’s General Hyat Singh. For this went to Calcutta and met W. Hastings. Returned to the U.K. in 1785.
Publications: A journey over land to India, partly by a route never gone before by any European, by Donald Campbell, of Barbeck. In a series of letters to his son. Comprehending his shipwreck and imprisonment with Hyder Alli, and his subsequent negotiations and transactions in the East. 17+176+138+181 p. L. 1795 (American ed. 1898 as A narrative of the extraordinary adventures and sufferings by shipwreck & imprisonment, of Donald Campbell in an overland journey to India).
Sources: S. L[ane]-P[oole], D.N.B. 8, 188?, 355f.; Wikipedia.