Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia | |
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| In office 1834–1840 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Nickleson Jeffery acting |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Falkland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1776 |
| Died | 13 June 1847 (aged 71) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Unit | 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot |
| Commands | General Officer Commanding, Ceylon |
Military career
Campbell was the fifth son of Colonel John Campbell of Melfort and Colina, daughter of John Campbell of Achalader.
In February 1795, Campbell became a lieutenant in the 3rd battalion of the
On leaving India, Wellesley strongly recommended Campbell to his brother,
In 1808, Sir Arthur Wellesley appointed Campbell as his senior aide-de-camp, when he took command of the expeditionary force destined for
On 4 June 1814, Campbell was promoted colonel in the army by brevet, and on 25 July made a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the
Campbell became
Honours
Campbell was a Knight Commander of the Bath (military) and also a Knight of
Family
Campbell married Jane Harnden, and they had seven children[1]
- Patrick Fitzroy Wellesley (1808–1875) was a colonel in the army.[16]
- Arthur Wellington (1815–1846), was killed at the Battle of Badhowal Fort in the First Sikh War.[17]
- Frederick Archibald (1817–1874), was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.[16]
- Maria Louisa, married secondly (1838), the Hon. Edmund Phipps, son of Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, and was the mother of ambassador Sir Constantine Phipps, father of ambassador Sir Eric Phipps.[18][19] Her first husband was the Hon. Charles Francis Norton, died 1835, buried in Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).[20] She died in 1888.
Ancestry
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Portraits
Campbell can be seen in three works at the National Portrait Gallery:[30] a pencil and watercolour sketch by Thomas Heaphy (1803), an oil on canvas by William Salter (c1834), and in the group Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington KG &c &c Giving Orders to his Generals Previous to a General Action by Thomas Heaphy (1822). Drawings of him are also in the British Museum and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and he can be seen in William Salter's group portrait Waterloo banquet at Apsley House, in the Wellington Museum.
In popular culture
Campbell's storming of the walls at Ahmednuggur forms an episode in Bernard Cornwell's novel Sharpe's Triumph.[citation needed]
Notes
- Fort George (1779–1790).[2] His eldest brother Archibald (died 1823) served in India and South Africa. Three of his other brothers were army officers, killed in India in 1801 and 1803,[3] and his brothers Frederick Campbell (1780–1866) was a general in the Royal Artillery[4] and Patrick Campbell an admiral in the Royal Navy.[5]
- ^ His mother's eldest brother.[7]
- ^ a b Buckner 1988.
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 16.
- ^ Campbell 1882, pp. 20, 26–27.
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 26.
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 20–21.
- ^ a b c d e Stephens 1886, p. 350.
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 22.
- ^ a b Bromley 2011, p. [page needed].
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 24.
- ^ Stephens 1886, pp. 350–351.
- ^ a b Burnham 2010, p. 259.
- ^ a b c d Stephens 1886, p. 351.
- ^ Dalton 1904, p. 39.
- ^ "No. 18457". The London Gazette. 1 April 1828. p. 629.
- ^ Campbell 1882, p. 23.
- ^ a b c Harvey-Johnston 1977, p. 139.
- better source needed]
- ^ Stephens & Fraser 2008 see under Henry, Earl of Mulgrave and Sir Eric Phipps
- ^ Mosley 2003, p. 2920–2921.
- ^ "NORTON, Hon. Charles Francis (1807-1835), of Wonersh, Surr. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ a b Stephens & Fraser 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Mosley 2003, p. 669.
- ^ a b c Harvey-Johnston 1977, p. 81.
- ^ Harvey-Johnston 1977, p. 137.
- ^ a b c Campbell 1882, p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mosley 2003, p. 655.
- ^ a b Mosley 2003, p. 2517.
- ^ a b c Mosley 2003, p. 668.
- ^ Mosley 2003, p. 2539.
- ^ Sir Colin Campbell in the National Portrait Gallery collection
References
- Bromley, Janet (2011). Wellington's Men Remembered. London: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1848846753.
- Buckner, Phillip (1988). "Campbell, Sir Colin". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VII (1836–1850) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Burnham, Robert (2010). The British Army Against Napoleon. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1848325623.
- Campbell, Margaret Olympia (1882). A Memorial History of the Campbells of Melfort. London: Simmons & Botten.
- Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode.
- Harvey-Johnston, George (1977). The Heraldry of the Campbells. Inverary: Beinn Bhuidhe. ISBN 1295997096.
- Lewis, Stephen (6 July 2009). "Sutlej Campaign: Badhowal – 21st January 1846". Retrieved 1 March 2015.[better source needed]
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons. Burke's Peerage & Gentry, Delaware. ISBN 0971196621.
- Stephens, Henry Morse; Fraser, Stewart M. (reviewer) (May 2008) [2004]. "Campbell, Sir Colin (1776–1847), rev.". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4488. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephens, Henry Morse (1886). "Campbell, Colin (1776-1847)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 350–351. Endnotes:
- Campbell 1882, pp. 21–26
- private information
External links
- C of E in Nova Scotia
- About Project Canterbury (public domain)
- Successful address by the legislature of NS to have him recalled Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- National Portrait Gallery
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