CAMPBELL, MOSES (1787-1862) was a son of John Campbell, of Auch, Perthshire. He was a captain in the 72nd Highlanders and saw service at the Cape and elsewhere. He came to Port Nicholson with his wife (Jessie Cameron of Glen Nevis) and their family in the Blenheim (1841) and in Nov proceeded in the Clydeside to settle in Wanganui. Fifty head of cattle were driven overland. Campbell's farm, Wiritoa, between the south road and the sea is still in the hands of his family.

In Dec 1841 Campbell was gazetted a magistrate. He represented Wanganui and Rangitikei in the Wellington Provincial Council (1857-61). A strong supporter of the Presbyterian Church, he was a member of the conference (in 1861) on the union of the different Presbyterian churches of New Zealand. He died on 20 Sep 1862. (See EWEN A. CAMPBELL.)

Wellington P.C. Proc.; N.Z.C., 60; L. J. B. Chapple: Woon; Wanganui Chronicle, 25 Sep 1862.

Reference: Volume 1, page 85

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