Dictionary of Indian Biography/Colville, Sir Charles

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COLVILLE, SIR CHARLES (1769 1843)

Entered the Army, 1781, in 28th regt. : Lt-Colonel in 13th foot in 1796 : served in the Irish rebellion, 1798 : in Egypt, 1801–2 : commanded his regiment to Bermuda, 1808 : Brigadier in the Peninsula, 1810–14 : commanded a Division at Waterloo : C. in C. at Bombay, Oct. 9, 1819 to 1826 : Colonel of 5th Fusiliers, 1835 : General, 1837 : G.C.B. : G.C.H. : died March 27, 1843.