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Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863

LC control no.n 90726398
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Personal name headingClyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863
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Variant(s)Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde, 1792-1863
Clyde, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron, 1792-1863
M'Liver, Colin, 1792-1863
Macliver, Colin, 1792-1863
Associated countryGreat Britain India
Birth date1792-10-20
Death date1863-08-14
Place of birthGlasgow (Scotland)
Place of deathChatham (Kent, England)
Field of activityMilitary art and science
AffiliationGreat Britain. Army
Profession or occupationArmies--Officers
Found inWatson, B. The great India mutiny, 1991: CIP t.p. (Colin Campbell)
The complete peerage, 1913 (Baron Clyde of Clydesdale, Colin Campbell; Colin M'Liver, afterwards known as Campbell; b. 10-20-1792; d. 1863, buried in Westminster Abbey)
LC data base, 12-21-90 (hdg.: Clyde, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron, 1792-1863)
Wikipedia, viewed 19 Jan. 2016 (Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde GCB KCSI (20 October 1792-14 August 1863) was a British Army officer. He was born Colin Macliver, in Glasgow. At an early stage of the Indian Mutiny, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and relieved and then evacuated Lucknow. After attacking and decisively defeating Tatya Tope at the Second Battle of Cawnpore, he captured Lucknow again. Whilst still commander-in-chief he dealt with the 'White Mutiny' among East India Company troops, and organised the army sent east in the Second Opium War. He died at Chatham)
Associated languageeng