North - Arr. Zanzibar 30-11-1890 age 22 and started firm of Messrs. Forewood, Bros. & Co. with Hugh C. Robertson, 1891; editor of Zanzibar Gazette 1-2-1892 to 9-5-1894; arr. Zanzibar by French Mail to join Boustead, Ridley & Co. 30-1-1896; Manager for Boustead, Ridley & Co. at Mombasa Aug. 1899; arr. Mombasa from Zanzibar with Fr. Luke Plunkett & 13 Mill Hill Fathers missionaries for Uganda 1-12-1899; dep Mombasa for Europe on leave 28-11-1900; d. Dec 1900 ' …. drowned on voyage home on last English Mail' (OG 15-12-1900)

Web - Died coming home from Africa where it is said he was sent to recover from tuberculosis. He had a fever and was presumed lost overboard at sea.

Gazette - 15-12-1900 - It is with much regret that the death is recorded of Mr Francis W. Campin who was drowned on the voyage home in the last English Mail. Mr Campin came to Zanzibar first in 1890 when in conjunction with Mr Hugh C. Robertson he started a branch of the firm of Messrs Forwood Bros & Co. It was chiefly due to his exertions and journalistic abilities that the Zanzibar Gazette so successfully established itself as the first newspaper on the East Coast of Africa. On the retirement of Messrs Forwood Bros & Co from Zanzibar Mr Campin joined the firm of Messrs Boustead Ridley & Co. Of whose Mombasa business he has been the manager during the past 16 months. A popular member of society he will be much missed by his numerous friends in Mombasa and Zanzibar.