Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet

For other people with the same name, see Archibald Campbell (disambiguation).

Sir

Archibald Campbell

Bt GCB
Portrait by John Wood
Born12 March 1769
Glen Lyon
Died6 October 1843
Edinburgh
Buried
St John's, Edinburgh
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Portuguese Army
Years of service1787–1843 (Britain)
1813–1820 (Portugal)
RankGeneral (Britain)
Major-General (Portugal)
Commands71st Regiment of Foot
6th Portuguese Infantry Regiment
38th Regiment of Foot
Battles / wars
AwardsArmy Gold Cross
Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal)
Maha Thura Nawratha (Burma)
Alma materTonbridge School
Heraldic achievement of the Campbell Baronets of Nova Scotia, as displayed on the memorial of Major General Sir John Campbell, 2nd Baronet (1807–1855) in Winchester Cathedral.

Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet GCB (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was a Scottish soldier who served as an officer in the British Army. From 1824 to 1826, Gen. Campbell commanded the British forces in the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history,[1][2] that gave the British control of Assam, Manipur, Cachar, Jaintia, Arakan and Tenasserim.[3] He became known as the "Hero of Ava". From 1831 to 1837, he was the administrator of the colony of New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian city of Campbellton in the province of New Brunswick was named in his honour.

  1. ^ Thant Myint-U (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps—Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.
  2. ^ Anthony Webster (1998). Gentlemen Capitalists: British Imperialism in South East Asia, 1770-1890. I.B.Tauris. pp. 142–145. ISBN 9781860641718.
  3. ^ P. Phayre (1967). History of Burma (2 ed.). London: Sunil Gupta. p. 237.