CAMPBELL, SIR COLIN, LORD CLYDE

CAMPBELL, SIR COLIN, LORD CLYDE
   born in Glasgow, son of a carpenter named Macliver; entered the army, and rose rapidly; served in China and the Punjab; commanded the Highland Brigade in the Crimea; won the day at Alma and Balaclava; commanded in India during the Mutiny; relieved Lucknow, and quelled the rebellion; was made field-marshal, with a pension of £2000, and created Lord Clyde; he was one of the bravest soldiers of England (1792-1863).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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