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Date transcribed	2000-00-00
Transcribed by	Steve van Dulken

	Surname	Campbell
	First names	Alexander
	Rank/ occupation	Commander in chief (& Lieut.-General)
	Unit	Madras Presidency
	Death date	11 Dec 1824
	Place of death	Fort St George
	Source	Gentleman's Magazine
	Date	Jun 1825
	Page number	564
	Detail	At Fort St George, aged 64, his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart. K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief at that Presidency. This gallant officer was the fourth son of John Campbell of Baleed, in Perthshire, by Isabella, daughter of John Campbell of Barcaldine. He entered the service in 1776, as an Ensign, by purchase, in the 1st batt. of Royal Scots... [was in India, 1793-1817, much detail on his activities; appointed 6 December 1820 to current post, eldest son killed at Assaye, eldest daughter married the late Alexander Cockburn, banker at Madras, the youngest married Lieut.-Col. Malcolm Kinneir, Envoy from the Governor General of India to the Persian Court. Pages 564-567].

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