AUCHMUTY, SIR SAMUEL (1756-1822), British gen eral, was born in New York, and served in the American War of Independence. At the conclusion of peace he exchanged into a regiment going to India. He served in the campaign against Tippoo Sahib, returning to England in 1797. Auchmuty became adjutant-general to Sir David Baird in Egypt in 18o1; he was one of the few officers who came out with distinction from the Buenos Ayres expedition of 18o6—o7.
In 1810 he was sent out to India as commander-in-chief in Madras, and in the following year commanded the expedition to Java. The storming of the fortified position of Meester Cornelis (Aug. 28 181I), stubbornly defended by General Janssens, prac tically achieved the conquest of the island, and after the action at Samarang (Sept. 8), Janssens surrendered. In 1822 Auchmuty, who had received a G.C.B. in 1815, became commander-in-chief in Ireland. He died Aug. II 1822.