Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet


Alexander Campbell

Born(1760-08-20)20 August 1760
Baleed, Perthshire, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died11 December 1824(1824-12-11) (aged 64)
Madras, India
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain (to 1800)
 United Kingdom (from 1801)
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1776–1824
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldMadras Army
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Napoleonic Wars

AwardsBaronetcy
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB (20 August 1760 – 11 December 1824) was a senior officer of the British Army during the early nineteenth century. His long and varied career saw extensive action, including engagements in Europe during the American Revolutionary War, in India during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and subsequently in the Peninsular War as one of the Duke of Wellington's generals. Badly wounded during the Peninsular campaign, Campbell was rewarded with a knighthood and a baronetcy, later holding a number of prestigious military commands.