Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English-born Australian journalist and politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council and the first president of the Legislative Council after the colony achieved responsible government.
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Early life
Cockburn-Campbell was born in Exeter in 1845. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, the second baronet of Gartsford, and his wife Grace (née Spence).
Career
Cockburn-Campbell left England for Queensland, Australia in 1864 where he worked with Augustus Gregory as a chain man and later with other surveyors. In the late 1860s, he went to Western Australia and took up farming.
In 1871, after his brother died, Cockburn-Campbell succeeded him as the fourth baronet.
In 1871, he was appointed a member of the colony's Legislative Council.
