Colin Campbell

Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde GCB KSI (1792-1863) was a British soldier who served with the 9th Regiment of Foot in the Peninsular War before becoming lieutenant colonel in the 98th Regiment of Foot. In 1842 the regiment joined Hugh Gough's army in the 1st China War and in 1847 was posted to India where Campbell commanded the brigade at Lahore.

went to India in 1823 where he served in the 1st Burma War. He was ADC to General Sir Willoughby Cotton in the 1st Afghan War. He took part in General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad and the subsequent siege. In the Gwalior Campaign he was Persian interpreter to Sir Hugh Gough and served in both the 1st Sikh War and the 2nd Sikh War. He rose to Quartermaster-General and then Adjutant-General to the British Army in India. After commanding a division in the Persian War, Havelock's Campaign proved him a great military leader during the Indian Mutiny. He achieved the First Lucknow Relief but was in turn besieged and died of dysentery shortly after the town was freed.

External links

Colin Campbell Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

The Life of General H. Havelock KCB Google Books
Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock Google Books