William Campion (died 1615)

William Campion was an English politician in the 16th Century.

Campion was the son of Henry Campion, a London mercer and Margaret, daughter of William Cordell of Long Melford, Suffolk. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p287 and Lincoln's Inn. He purchased the manor of Combwell from Sir Alexander Culpeper early in the reign of Elizabeth I. He was M.P. for Haslemere from 1586 to 1587.

He married Rachel, daughter of Richard Duffield of London. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters. His sons William and Henry married two of the co-heirs of Sir William Stone (d. 1607).

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