Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
Military Commander
1792 – 1863
Who was Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde?
Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde GCB, KCSI was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then commanded a brigade during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He went on to command the Highland Brigade at the Battle of Alma and with his "thin red line of Highlanders" he repulsed the Russian attack on Balaclava during the Crimean War. At an early stage of the Indian Mutiny, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and, in that role, he relieved and then evacuated Lucknow and, after attacking and decisively defeating Tatya Tope at the Second Battle of Cawnpore, captured Lucknow again.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1792
Glasgow - Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- High School of Glasgow
- Lived in
- Glasgow
- Died
- Aug 14, 1863
Chatham - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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