Sir James Cambell

Sir James Cambell was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1630.

Following his father’s path, Cambell became a merchant of city of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. He served as the Master of the Ironmongers Company in several occasions, the governor of the French Company and of the Merchants of the Staple. Cambell was also on the committee of the English East India Company (1622-1629, 1631-1634, and 1635-1640).

Besides being a successful businessman he was also an important public figure. He performed the function of a Sheriff of London in 1619 and Lord Mayor of London in 1629-1630. He was knighted in 1630.

Cambell died in 1642. In his will he left a large sum, almost £50,000 to a large number of legacies to relatives, friends, London hospitals, a free school at Barking in Essex, the Ironmongers Company, and for the ransom of poor captives from Turkish slavery.