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Charles Colville
b.7 Aug 1770
d.27 Mar 1843
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  • H.  Charles Colville1770 - 1843
  1. Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross1818 - 1903
  2. Anne Amelia Colville - 1900
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Name Charles Colville
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Aug 1770
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Death[1] 27 Mar 1843
Reference Number? Q2958766?


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Sir Charles Colville (7 August 1770 – 27 March 1843) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He was an ensign in 1781. He served in the West Indies from 1791 to 1797 and while serving there was promoted to lieutenant-colonel (1796). He helped to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was in Egypt in 1801 and fought at Martinique in 1809. He commanded brigade, and afterwards division, in the Peninsular War from 1810 until 1814. During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815 he commanded a division in Belgium and the same year was made a K.C.B. In 1819 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and served as commander-in-chief at Bombay from 1819 until 1825. He was governor of Mauritius from 1828 until 1834. He was promoted to general in 1837.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles Colville, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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