CAMPBELL, Sir ('OLIN, Lord Clyde 1863). A British field-marshal, born in Glass gull., Scotland, October 20, 1792. Ile was the eldest son of Coffin Macliver, a carpenter. His maternal uncle, Colonel John Campbell, sent him to school at Gosport, and in 1807 introduced him to the Duke of York for an army commission. The Duke mistook him for a Campbell, and his uncle hushed the boy's half-uttered protest with the remark, "It is a good name to tight under." lie was gazette(' as Colin Campbell, ensign, in 1808; served in the Waleheren expedition, 1809; and by 1813 at tained a captaincy. He fought through the war in the Spanish Teninsula with distinction; took part in the expedition to the United States in 1814: and afterwards spent nearly thirty years in garrison duty at various English stations. He served in China in 1842, and was present at the attack on Chusan. He nest served in the Punjab, lndia. commanding the left at the battle of Chillian•allab, then for three years commanded in the Peshawur district with uniform success against the hill tribes. Ile was rewarded with the C.B. and K.C.B., and at the outbreak of the Cri mean War in 1854 was appointed commander of the Highland Brigade. Ile took a prominent part at the battle of the Alma: and with the Ninety third Highlanders. in the immortalized 'thin red
line,' heat back the Russian cavalry in their attack on Balaklava. His services were rewarded with promotion to the rank of major-general; he was created a Knight Grand Cross of the (Inlet. of the Bath, and received tire cross of the French Legion of Honor and other decorations. He was appointed inspeetor-general of infantry, and in 1857. at twenty-four hours' notice, started for India to command the forces engaged in quelling the mutiny, which by his energy and judgment was soon utterly subdued, his relief of Lucknow being especially brilliant. .1 notable character istic of Campbell's generalship was the rare he took of his men, his victories being won with the minimum expenditure of the lives of his soldiers. For his exploits in India, Campbell, in 1S58, was raised to the peerage as Baron Clyde, and the East India Company granted him an annuity of £2000. He returned to England in 1860, and in 1862 was made field-marshal. lie died August 14, 1863, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Consult Shadwell, Life of Colin Campbell (Lon don, 1881).