Dictionary of Indian Biography/Chamberlain, Sir Crawford Trotter
CHAMBERLAIN, SIR CRAWFORD TROTTER (1821–1902)
Third son of Sir Henry O. Chamberlain, Bart., younger brother of Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain (q.v.) : born May, 1821 : entered the Army in 1837, was in the Afghan war of 1839–42, at the siege and capture of Ghazni, and in various actions near Kandahar : in the Panjab campaign in 1848–9 : at Chilianwala and Gujarat, in the pursuit of the Sikh Army and its final surrender : wounded : Brevet-Major : commanded the 1st Irregular Cavalry, Skinner's Horse, over whom he had extraordinary influence : in the mutiny in 1857 distinguished himself by disarming, with "undaunted courage and coolness," the 62nd and 69th Bengal N.I., at Multan : engaged against the rebels, and was besieged in a sarai for some days : Lt-Colonel after the mutiny : C.S.I, in 1866 : General in 1880 : G.C.I.E. in 1897 : died Dec. 13, 1902.