Neville Bowles Chamberlain GCB, GCSI (1820 - 1902)

Biography

Neville was born in 1820. He was the son of Henry Chamberlain.

Military Career

He had a lengthy and distinguished military career in India. In fact, his being denied entry into Afghanistan started the Second Anglo-Afghan War in November of 1878.^[1]

Neville entered the Indian Army in 1837, rising to the rank of General by 1877. He served throughout the Afghan War (1839-1842) where he was wounded six times. He was wounded in action a number of times including at the capture of Delhi and during the Umbeyla campaign. Important posts he held included:

• with the Body Guard of the Governor General, at the Battle of Maharajhpore in 1843
• Military Secretary to the Government of Punjab in 1852
• Brigadeer-General of Punjab Frontier Force in 1854 and the Expeditionary Forces against Frontier Tribes and again in 1858 as Comdt. of PFF.
• Adj.-Gen. of the Indian Army in 1857;
• was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army from 1876-1881
• deputed on a mission to the Ameer, Shere Ali, of Afghanistan in 1878
• was sometime Acting Military Member of Council of the Governor-General of India^[2]

Family

He married Charlotte Cuyler Reid on June 26, 1873 in Saint James,Paddington,London,England.^[3]

Death

He passed away in 1902.^[4] He was buried in St John the Evangelist Chuchyard in Rownhams, Hampshire, England.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Neville Bowles Chamberlain
2. ↑ Entry for Henry Hamilton Erroll Chamberlain, 4th Baronet, in Debrett's Peerage page 99. Republished by Google Books.
3. ↑ Marriage registration for Neville Bowles Chamberlain and Charlotte Cuyler Reid, June 26, 1873, Saint James, Paddington, London, England. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch.
4. ↑ Death registration for Neville Bowles Chamberlain, Jan-Feb-Mar 1902, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #167291103

• A C Guthrie household, Seamore Pl., St George Hanover Square, London,Middlesex, England. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Neville Bowles Chamberlain
• Wikidata: Item Q1982244, en:Wikipedia 👁 help.gif
  

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