Dictionary of Indian Biography/Campbell, Sir Archibald, Baronet
CAMPBELL, SIR ARCHIBALD, BARONET (1769–1843)
Son of Captain A. Campbell : born March 12, 1769 : entered the Army, 1787 : went to Bombay, 1788, and served under Sir Robert Abercromby, 1790–2 : was at Seringapatam, 1792 : at Cochin, 1795, and the defeat of the Dutch in Ceylon, 1796 : was at Seedaseer and the final siege of Seringapatam, 1799 : served in Portugal and under Sir John Moore, 1808 : commanded a Portuguese regt., 1810 : was Brig-General with the Portuguese, 1811 : knighted, 1814 : K.C.B. 1815 : was Portuguese Maj-General, 1816, in command at Lisbon : went to India again with his regiment, 1821 : commanded in the first Burmese war, 1824–6, and took Rangoon and Prome, and, marching on Ava, made the Treaty of Yandaboo in Feb., 1826 : G.C.B. : governed the ceded Provinces still 1829, when he returned to England : Baronet, 1831 : Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 1831–7 : Lt-General, 1838 : was unable through ill-health to accept the appointment of C. in C. Bombay in 1839 : Colonel of the 62nd regt., 1840 : died Oct. 6, 1843.