Campbell, Colin, 1776-1847

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English major-general.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to James Ogilvie, 1809 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858731

1793 midshipman on board an East Indiaman; 1795 lieutenant in the 3rd battalion of the Breadalbane fencibles; 1799 ensign in West India regiment; 1800 brigade major on St Vincent; 1801 lieutenant in the 35th regiment, exchanged into the 78th (Ross-shire Buffs); 1803-1805 served in Second Anglo-Maratha War; 1806 brigade major to Arthur Wellesley's brigade; 1806-1808 served in Hanover and Denmark; 1808-1814 served in Peninsular War; 1808 senior aide-de-camp, major; 1810 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1812-1814 assistant quartermaster-general at the headquarters of the army in the Peninsula; 1814 brevet colonel, captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards, assistant quartermaster-general at the Horse Guards, KCB; 1815-1818 commandant at the Duke of Wellington's headquarters; 1818-1825 lieutenant-colonel of the 65th; 1825 major general; 1828 lieutenant-governor of Tobago; 1828-1835 lieutenant-governor of Portsmouth; 1834-1840 lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia; 1839-1847 governor of Ceylon

Epithet: army officer, colonial governor

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000206

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Birth 1776

Death 1847-06-13

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