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Dictionary of Indian Biography/Campbell, Charles Hay

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CAMPBELL, CHARLES HAY ( ? –1832)

Major, son of William Campbell : entered the Bengal Artillery in 1805 : served under Lord Lake : was, in 1801, Adjutant and Quarter-master of Artillery : held other appointments on the General Staff of the Army : Deputy Secretary in the Military Department and in charge of the Cossipur Gun Factory : wrote, in the British Indian Military Repository, papers on professional subjects, including the History of Sieges in Bengal : he died May 19. 1832.