Dictionary of Indian Biography/Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron
CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792–1863)
Field-Marshal, son of Colin Macliver, a carpenter : took his mother's name of Campbell : born Oct. 20, 1792 : entered the Army in 1808 : served in Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley and Sir John Moore : was in the expedition to Walcheren, 1809 : served in the Peninsular from 1810 to 1813, distinguishing himself by his gallantry : Captain, 1813 : was in Nova Scotia, at Gibraltar, in the W. Indies : Major, 1825 : Lt-Colonel, 1832 : in the China war of 1842 : C.B. : to India in 1846 : Brigadier at Lahore : was engaged in the second Sikh war, at Ramnagar, Chilianwala and Gujarat : commanded the Peshawar Division : K.C.B. in 1849 : commanded the Highland Brigade in the Crimea at Alma, Balaclava : G.C.B. in 1855 : Lt-General, 1856 : D.C.L. of Oxford : went out at a day's notice in July, 1857, to be C. in C. in. India during the mutiny, hurried up reinforcements to Cawnpur, and thence, in Nov. 1857, relieved Lucknow, carrying off the garrison, defeated the rebels at Cawnpur, and, in March, 1858, besieged and took Lucknow on the 19th : subsequently he reduced the rebels of Northern India to submission : General, and made Lord Clyde of Clydesdale, in 1858 : and received a pension from the E.I. Co. : returned to England in 1860 : was one of the first Knight Commanders of the Star of India in 1861 : was made Field-Marshal in 1862 : died on Aug. 14, 1863, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His military career was one of the greatest of the century : his victories in India and his modest and exemplary character made him a hero to the public.