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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Campbell    
First Name(s)  Sir Archibald    
Titles  Baronet    
Year of Birth  1769    
Year of Death  1843    
Entry  Son of Captain A. Campbell : born March 12, 1769 : entered the Army, 1787 : went to Bombay, 1788, and served under Sir Robert Abercromby, 1790-2 : was at Seringapatam, 1792 : at Cochin, 1795, and the defeat of the Dutch in Ceylon, 1796 : was at Seedaseer and the final siege of Seringapatam, 1799 : served in Portugal and under Sir John Moore, 1808 : commanded a Portuguese regt., 1810 : was Brig-General with the Portuguese, 1811 : knighted, 1814 : K.C.B. 1815 : was Portuguese Maj-General, 1816, in command at Lisbon : went to India again with his regiment, 1821 : commanded in the first Burmese war, 1824-6, and took Rangoon and Prome, and, marching on Ava, made the Treaty of Yandaboo in Feb., 1826 : G.C.B. : governed the ceded Provinces still 1829, when he returned to England : Baronet, 1831 : Lieutenant- Governor of New Brunswick, 1831-7 : Lt-General, 1838 : was unable through ill-health to accept the appointment of C. in C. Bombay in 1839 : Colonel of the 62nd regt., 1840 : died Oct. 6, 1843.     
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