Campbell, Neil, 1776-1827
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1797 commissioned ensign in the 6th West India regiment; 1798 exchanged into the 67th regiment; 1799 lieutenant in the 57th regiment; 1800 joined 95th (Rifle brigade); 1802-1803 Royal Military College, Marlow; 1803- assistant quartermaster-general for the southern district; 1805 major; 1806-1808 major in the 54th regiment in Jamaica; 1808 lieutenant-colonel; 1808-1810 deputy adjutant-general in the West Indies; 1810-1813 served in Peninsular War; 1813-1814 served with Russian army in Napoleonic Wars; 1814 colonel; 1814 British commissioner accompanying Napoleon to Elba; 1815 CB, knighthood; 1815 served in Southern Netherlands, including Battle of Waterloo; 1815-1818 commander of the Hanseatic Legion; 1825 major-general; 1826-1827 governor of Sierra Leone
Epithet: army officer
Title: Knight
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- Sauroren, Spain (as recorded)
- Antwerp, Belgium (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Bautzen, Saxony (as recorded)
- Lützen, Saxony (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Richmond, Surrey (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Rhode Island, North America (as recorded)
- Walcheren, Zealand (as recorded)
- Falmouth, Cornwall (as recorded)
- Punjab, India (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Saintes, West Indies (as recorded)
- Ludhiana, the Punjab (as recorded)
- Laon, France (as recorded)
- Walmer Castle, Dover (as recorded)
- Leipzig, Saxony (as recorded)
- Elba, Italy (as recorded)
- Corunna, Spain (as recorded)
- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Bahama Islands, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Mauritius, Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Talavera de la Reina, New Castile (as recorded)
