Dictionary of Indian Biography/Campbell, Sir Colin
CAMPBELL, SIR COLIN (1776–1847)
Son of John Campbell : was born in 1776 : from the Perth Academy he ran away to sea, 1792 : brought home from Jamaica : Midshipman on an East Indiaman, 1793 : joined the militia, 1795; the Army, 1799 : went to India in 1801–2 : was under Arthur Wellesley at Ahmadnagar, Assaye and Argaum : A.D.C. to Lord Wellesley, and returned with him to England, 1805 : served in Hanover, Denmark, in Portugal, the Peninsula : was at a number of engagements, and was A.Q.M.G : K.C.B., in 1814 : was at Waterloo : Maj-General, 1825 : Lt-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1833 : Governor of Ceylon, 1839–47 : died in England, June 13, 1847