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Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron
Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde, 1855.

Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde

British commander
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Also called:
(1849–58) Sir Colin Campbell
Born:
Oct. 20, 1792, Glasgow, Scot.
Died:
Aug. 14, 1863, Chatham, Kent, Eng. (aged 70)

Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde (born Oct. 20, 1792, Glasgow, Scot.—died Aug. 14, 1863, Chatham, Kent, Eng.) was a British soldier who was commander in chief of the British forces in India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The son of a carpenter named Macliver, he assumed his mother’s name of Campbell in 1807 when he was promised a military commission by Frederick Augustus, the Duke of York, then commander in chief. At age 15 he received the commission of ensign, but, lacking social influence, his promotions were slow. He served in the War of 1812 against the United States, in ...(100 of 215 words)

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