Campbell, Colen
| Dates | 1708-1729 | ||
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| Location | Essex, London | ||
| Vocation | Architect | ||
| Place of Birth | Nairnshire | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Trained as a lawyer (c.1702) but migrated to England and reinvented himself as an architect. Reputation stemmed from prestigious commission for a grand house in Essex (1712) and the publication of a book of engravings in British architecture. Other projects included: The Rolls House, Chancery Lane (1717), Burlington House, Piccadilly (1718). Majority of projects undertaken 1718-26, across England. Attempted to secure royal office of master of work, and was briefly titled chief clerk and deputy surveyor (1718), though amounted to little. Then appointed architect to George, prince of Wales - offered opportunities for patronage. Lived primarily in London, in rented houses at Great Burlington Street and in Brook Street (Grosvenor estate). Died in London and buried in Westminster Abbey. Unmarried but had a long-term liaison with his maidservant, Jane Bubb.
