Charles Gordon Campbell was born on the 14 January 1840, in Aberdeen Scotland. He was the son of Duncan Campbell, cattle driver and his wife Catherine née Mclean. Campbell was a Colonial Australian merchant and pastoralist. Along with Frederick Sheppard Grimwade, Alfred Felton, and James Cuming, he established one of Australia's largest fertiliser companies.^{[citation needed]} All four men are quoted as being some of early Australia's greatest Industrialists.

He was a co-founder of the Port Melbourne Sugar Company.

He died 13 September 1905 in Sydney.

• Grimwade, Frederick Sheppard - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry at www.asap.unimelb.edu.au
• Entry for Charles Campbell (1840-1905), www.adb.com.au
• Wakool Shire Community Heritage Study 2006–2007, Wakool Shire Council, and Heritage Office, NSW Department of Planning, pp. 26–29.