Jane Montgomery Campbell

CAMPBELL, Jane Montgomery. b. Bloomsbury, London, 11 or 12 December 1817; d. Bovey Tracey, Devon, 15 November 1878. She was the daughter of A. Montgomery Campbell, rector (in absentia) of Little Steeping, Lincolnshire, and perpetual curate of St James’s, Paddington, London until 1859. After her father’s death, she and her sister moved to East Woodhay, Hampshire, and then to Bovey Tracey. She was a musician and poet, who trained children’s choirs, and who published A Handbook for Singers (SPCK, ca. 1861). Contemporary newspaper reports, consulted by Gordon Taylor, indicate that she died as the result of a carriage accident. She and her sister were greatly loved in the community for...