LC control no. | n 90726398 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863 |
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 country | Great Britain India |
Birth date | 1792-10-20 |
Death date | 1863-08-14 |
Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
Place of death | Chatham (Kent, England) |
Field of activity | Military art and science |
Affiliation | Great Britain. Army |
Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers |
Found in | Watson, 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 language | eng |