Campbell, Neil, 1776-1827
Variant names1797 commissioned ensign in the 6th West India regiment; 1798 exchanged into the 67th regiment; 1799 lieutenant in the 57th regiment; 1800 joined 95th (Rifle brigade); 1802-1803 Royal Military College, Marlow; 1803- assistant quartermaster-general for the southern district; 1805 major; 1806-1808 major in the 54th regiment in Jamaica; 1808 lieutenant-colonel; 1808-1810 deputy adjutant-general in the West Indies; 1810-1813 served in Peninsular War; 1813-1814 served with Russian army in Napoleonic Wars; 1814 colonel; 1814 British commissioner accompanying Napoleon to Elba; 1815 CB, knighthood; 1815 served in Southern Netherlands, including Battle of Waterloo; 1815-1818 commander of the Hanseatic Legion; 1825 major-general; 1826-1827 governor of Sierra Leone
Epithet: army officer
Title: Knight
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Sauroren, Spain | |||
Antwerp, Belgium | |||
Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy | |||
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Lützen, Saxony | |||
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Richmond, Surrey | |||
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Rhode Island, North America |
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