Sir Colin Campbell

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At sixteen, Campbell ran away from his home in Scotland and joined a ship heading for the West Indies. He joined the Army and by 1800 had become a brigade major on the island of St Vincent. The following year he was sent to India where he distinguished himself in fighting at Ahmednagar in 1803. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Wellesley, with whom he served at Hanover and Denmark before being promoted to major and serving in the Peninsular War. Campbell was present at the Battle of Waterloo, and was promoted to major general in 1825. He served as lieutenant governor of Tobago and then of Nova Scotia and in 1840 was appointed governor of Ceylon, in which post he remained until his death.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Colin Campbell

Date

1834–1840

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 53.5 x W 43.5 cm

Accession number

3702

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by W. D. Mackenzie, 1950

Work type

Painting

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