10 Facts About Sybil Campbell

Sybil Campbell was the first woman to be appointed as a stipendiary magistrate in Britain when she became metropolitan police magistrate at Tower Bridge Magistrate's Court in 1945.

Sybil Campbell was thus the first woman to be a professional magistrate or judge in Britain, and remained the only full-time woman magistrate or judge in England until her retirement in 1961 and the appointment of Elizabeth Lane as a county court judge in 1962.

Sybil Campbell was educated at home and then from the age of 13 at a school in North Berwick.

Sybil Campbell studied Natural Sciences and Economics at Girton College, Cambridge from 1908, after some preparatory study in Paris and Edinburgh.

Sybil Campbell was an investigating officer with the Trade Boards from 1913 to 1918, and an enforcement officer with the Ministry of Food in the First World War.

Sybil Campbell joined the Middle Temple in 1920, and was one of ten women called to the bar at Middle Temple on 17 November 1922.

Sybil Campbell was Honorary Secretary of the British Federation of University Women from 1921 to 1933 and its honorary vice-president from 1947 to 1977.

Sybil Campbell was deeply involved in the establishment of Crosby Hall in Chelsea as a hall of residence for international women postgraduate students.

Sybil Campbell was a member of the council at Girton College from 1933 to 1942.

Sybil Campbell died at Bon Secours Nursing Home in Langside, Glasgow on 29 August 1977 and was buried in Lochgilphead.