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Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

1792 - 1863

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Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (20 October 1792 – 14 August 1863) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde is the 1,938th most popular military personnel (up from 1,945th in 2019), the 5,124th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,940th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde ranks 1,938 out of 2,058. Before him are Carl Gustav Fleischer, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Anthony Wayne, Kyrylo Budanov, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Chesty Puller. After him are Thomas Blamey, Igor Sergun, Lewis H. Brereton, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Nathaniel Lyon, and Abu Anas al-Libi.

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Among people born in 1792, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde ranks 70. Before him are Lucas Alamán, Jean-Jacques Willmar, José María Carreño, Vicente Ramón Roca, Thaddeus Stevens, and Lowell Mason. After him are William Hobson, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, John Keble, and Thomas Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1863, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde ranks 56. Before him are Charles Robert Cockerell, John F. Reynolds, Juan Francisco Giró, Juan Francisco de Vidal, Little Crow, and Miguel de San Román. After him are Lewis Armistead, John J. Crittenden, Earl Van Dorn, John Buford, John B. Floyd, and Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde ranks 5,126 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Robinson (1958), Dave Mason (1946), Nigel Marven (1960), Rupert Keegan (1955), Pamela Brown (1917), and Cole Palmer (2002). After him are Micky Moody (1950), Rob Page (1974), Gary Cahill (1985), Ian Burgess (1930), Stephanie Beacham (1947), and Betty Nuthall (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde ranks 122. Before him are John Dill (1881), Guy Simonds (1903), Thomas Picton (1758), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880). After him are Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873), Redvers Buller (1839), Hubert Gough (1870), Charles James Napier (1782), James Abbott (1807), and William Gott (1897).

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