Chamberlain, Neville, Sir, 1820-1902

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1837 ensign in the army of the East India Company; 1838 joined 55th Bengal native infantry, transferred to 16th Bengal native infantry; 1839-1842 served in First Anglo-Afghan War; 1842 lieutenant; 1843 governor-general's bodyguard; 1843 served in Gwalior campaign; 1846-1848 military secretary to the governor of Bombay; 1848 brigade major; 1848-1849 served in Second Anglo-Sikh War; 1849 brevet major, assistant adjutant-general of the Sirhind division; 1849-1850 assistant commissioner in the Rawalpindi district; 1850 assistant commissioner in Hazara; 1854-1857 and 1857-1864 commander of the Punjab irregular force; 1854 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1857 adjutant-general of the Bengal army; 1863 KCB; 1864 major-general; 1866 KCSI; 1872 lieutenant-general; 1874 GCSI; 1876 GCB; 1876-1881 commander of the Madras army; 1877 general; 1900 field marshal.

Epithet: army officer

Title: Knight

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referencedIn Vol. CXLIII (ff. 234). Feb.-Sept.1883.India: Correspondence and papers of Lord Ripon as Viceroy: 1880-1884.Sir Henry William Primrose, KCB; Secretary to W E Gladstone: Correspondence and papers as sec. to Lord Ripon: 1880-1884.includes:ff. 1, 119 Li... British Library
referencedIn Vol. VII (ff. 272). 1846-1859.includes:ff. 1, 3, 6, 8, 89 Lieutenant-General George Hunter: Letters to Lt.-Col. H. Bruce: 1846-1855. f. 5 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Letter to Lt.-Col. D. Forbes: 1846.: Signed. ff. 6-17b, 50, 61..., 1846-1859 British Library
referencedIn HAMILTON, Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947), 1814-1971 King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
referencedIn Vol. CXXXVI (ff. 201). 1876 -July 1880.India: Correspondence and papers of Lord Ripon as Viceroy: 1880-1884.includes:f. 1 Charles Owen O'Conor, The O'Conor Don; MP: Letter to Lord Ripon: 1876. ff. 3-9b Rudolph William Basil Feilding, 8th Earl of Denb... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CXXXVII (ff. 219). Aug.-Oct. 1880.India: Correspondence and papers of Lord Ripon as Viceroy: 1880-1884.Sir Henry William Primrose, KCB; Secretary to W E Gladstone: Correspondence and papers as sec. to Lord Ripon: 1880-1884.includes:f. 1 Lieutena... British Library
referencedIn Autograph File, C Houghton Library
creatorOf Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain papers., 1857-1880 British Library
creatorOf CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR CHARLES HENRY BROWNLOW, G.C.B. (b. 1831, d. 1916), mostly relating to campaigns on the North-West Frontier; 1851-1876. See History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis, 191..., 1851-1876 British Library
referencedIn Vol. IX (ff. 236). 1862-1864.includes:ff. 1, 3, 26, 68, 70, 104, 106, 124 William Robinson, Inspector of Police, Madras; CSI 1866: Letters to Lt.-Col. H. Bruce: 1860-1862. ff. 5, 11, 60, 73 Lewis Bentham Bowring, CSI; Commissioner, Mysore: Letters t..., 1862-1864 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXI (ff. 314). Nov. 1900-Jan. 1902.South Africa: Correspondence of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman rel. to Boer War: 1899-1903.includes:ff. 1, 24 John Emmott Barlow, 1st Baronet 1907: Letters to Sir H. CampbellBannerman: 1900, 1905. ff. 3, 12, 52, 10... British Library
referencedIn Sir George Russell Clerk papers., 1838-1896 British Library
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South Africa, Africa
India, Asia
Burma, Asia
India, Asia
India, Asia
Bombay, India
India, Asia
Hyderabad State, India
Punjab, India
West Bromwich, Staffordshire
India, Asia
Afghanistan, Asia
Russia, Europe, Asia
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Birth 1820-01-10

Death 1902-02-17

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