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"Equerry to King George VI " Harold Campbell Signed Album Page Card:
$699.99
Up for sale a VERY RARE! "Equerry to King George VI " Harold Campbell Hand Signed Album Page.
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Captain Sir Harold
George Campbell GCVO DSO (6 April 1888 – 9
June 1969) was a British sailor, civil servant and courtier who served as equerry to King George VI (1936–52)
and then to Queen Elizabeth II 1952–54. Campbell was born
in Kensington, the son of Henry Alexander Campbell of
Renfrewshire and Ivy Valery Clavering, daughter of Sir Henry Clavering, 10th
Baronet. While serving with the Royal Navy in the First World War, Campbell was awarded
the Distinguished Service
Order for his actions during the Zeebrugge Raid. He commanded the Daffodil, a
former Mersey Ferry boat, in
the raid when the old armoured to get into the mole face. Under
heavy fire from the enemy, Campbell used the Daffodil to the mole. As a war historian remarked later of
Campbell's skill, "Only a fine seaman could have manoeuvred a ferry boat
with such wonderful precision at a moment of such confusion." Campbell was Private Secretary to the Duke of York 1933–36, and Deputy Comptroller in 1936. When the Duke became King, Campbell
was appointed to his Household as an equerry and Groom of the Robes to
Queen Elizabeth, 1937–54. From 1954 until his death Campbell was Extra equerry. He was made a CVO in 1935, promoted
to KCVO on 2 June 1943,
and to GCVO on 16 November 1953.
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