Dictionary of Indian Biography/Coffin, Sir Isaac Campbell

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COFFIN, SIR ISAAC CAMPBELL (1800–1872)

Son of Capt. Coffin, R.N. : born 1800 : reached India in the E. I. Co.'s Army in 1819 : joined at Madras in 1821 : served in the first Burma war, 1824, and at stations held by the Madras Army : commanded, from 1855, the Hyderabad subsidiary force : and a Division of the Madras Army in 1859–64 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : Lt-General, 1869 : died Oct 1, 1872.