Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet
Sir Guy Campbell 6th Regiment of Foot | |
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| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Army Gold Medal |
Biography
Campbell entered the army as an
Campbell again saw action with the 6th during the Peninsular War, fighting at Roliça and Vimeiro, and taking part in the advance and retreat of Sir John Moore. Promoted major on 1 April 1813, Campbell and the 6th fought at Vitoria (21 June 1813), and owing to the wounding of the colonel, took command of the regiment. During the subsequent campaigns, Campbell led the 6th during the Battle of the Pyrenees, and was badly wounded while leading the regiment, on 2 August 1813, to the storming of the Heights of Echalar, a feat which won the commendation of Wellington for the regiment. Campbell was breveted lieutenant-colonel on 26 August 1813 as a result.
After the war, he received a gold medal for his conduct at the Battle of the Pyrenees and was awarded the CB. He was created a baronet on 22 May 1815 in recognition of the services of his father, the remainder being to his father's heirs-male. He rejoined the 6th in 1815, and served as a staff officer at the Battle of Waterloo, going on half-pay in 1816.
Sir Guy married Frances Elizabeth Burgoyne on 17 January 1817, by whom he had one daughter before her death on 8 May 1818. He remarried on 21 November 1820 to Pamela FitzGerald (1795/1796 – 25 November 1869), the eldest daughter of
On 24 October 1848, he was appointed colonel of the
Sir Guy's descendant, Sir Guy Campbell, 5th Baronet, was baronet from 1960 until his death in 1993, and the current baronet, Lachlan Campbell, is his son.
References
- Stephens, H. M (2004). "Campbell, Sir Guy, first baronet (1786–1849)". In James Lunt (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. required.)
