Dictionary of Indian Biography/Chamier, Stephen

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CHAMIER, STEPHEN (1834–)

Born Aug. 17, 1834 : son of Henry Chamber of the Madras Civil Service : educated at Cheltenham and Addiscombe : entered the Madras Artillery, 1853 : transferred to Royal Artillery, 1861 : commanded mountain battery in Burma against the Karens, 1856 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8, and was present at Cawnpur under Sir Charles Windham, at the siege of Lucknow under Sir Colin Campbell, and in the Oudh campaign : Brevet-Major, and C.B. : Inspr-General of Ordnance, Madras, 1881–6 : Lt-General, R.A.