Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863

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Name (Hebrew)
קמפבל, קולין, ברון קלייד הראשון, 1792-1863
Name (Latin)
Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863
Other forms of name
Macliver, Colin, 1792-1863
Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde, 1792-1863
nnaa Clyde, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron, 1792-1863
M'Liver, Colin, 1792-1863
Date of birth
1792-10-20
Date of death
1863-08-14
Associated country
Great Britain
India
Field of activity
Military art and science
Occupation
Armies--Officers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 23771094
Wikidata: Q336049
Library of congress: n 90726398
Sources of Information
  • 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)
  • 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)