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CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 819 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAU-CHA
CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902) , British field marshal, was the third son of Sir
Henry
  Chamberlain, first
baronet
 ,
consul
 -general and charge d'affaires in Brazil, and was born at Rio on the loth of January 182o. He entered the Indian army in 1837, served as a subaltern in the first Afghan War (1839-42), and was wounded on six occasions. He was attached to the
Governor
 -General's Bodyguard at the battle of Maharajpur, in the Gwalior campaign of 1843, was appointed milftary secretary to the
governor
  of Bombay in 1846, and honorary aide-de-camp to the governor-general of India in 1847. He served on the staff throughout the Punjab campaign of 184849, and was given a brevet
majority
 . In 185o he was appointed commandant of the Punjab military police, and in 1852 military secretary to the Punjab government. Promoted lieut.-colonel in 1854, he was given the command of the Punjab Frontier Force with rank of brigadier-general, and commanded in several expeditions against the frontier tribes. In the Indian Mutiny he succeeded Colonel Chester as adjutant-general of the Indianarmy, and distinguished himself at the siege of Delhi, where he was severely wounded. He was rewarded with a brevetcolonelcy, the appointment of A.D.C. to the queen, and the C.B. He was reappointed to the command of the Punjab Frontier Force in 1858, and commanded in the Umbeyla campaign (1863), in which he was severely wounded. He was now made major-general for distinguished service and a K.C.B. He was made K.C.S.I. in 1866, lieut.-general in 1872, G.C.S.I. in 1873, G.C;B-in 1875, and general in 1877. From 1876 to 1881 he was coin, mander-in-
chief
  of the
Madras
  army, and in 1878 was sent on a mission to the amir cf Afghanistan, whose refusal to allow him to enter the country precipitated the second Afghan War. He was for some time acting military member of the council of the governor-general of India. He retired in 1886, was made a field marshal in 19oo, and died on the 18th of February 1902.
An excellent biography by G. W. Forrest appeared in 1909.


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