Elspeth Campbell Parents: Meet Roy Urquhart

Elspeth Campbell was born in New Delhi, India, one of four children of Major General Roy Urquhart and his wife, Pamela.

After the Second World War, she accompanied her family to Kuala Lumpur when her father was posted to British Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. This was followed by two years in Austria before she returned to Exmouth, Devon and was sent to the convent school there.

Lady Campbell was known for her strong personality and was believed to have persuaded her husband to stand in the 2006 Liberal Democrat leadership elections, in which he was eventually victorious.

Lady Campbell was well known for hosting grand dinner parties. She was a fan of Coronation Street and wrote a thesis on the series for an Open University degree.