Charles Colville, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Colville

British Army general

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1770

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1843

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

General Sir Charles Colville (7 August 1770 – 27 March 1843) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was an ensign in 1781.
He served in the West Indies from 1791 to 1797 and while serving there was promoted to lieutenant-colonel (1796).
He helped to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
He was in Egypt in 1801 and fought at Martinique in 1809.
He commanded brigade, and afterwards division, in the Peninsular War from 1810 until 1814.
During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815 he commanded a division in Belgium and the same year was made a K.C.B..
In 1819 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and served as commander-in-chief at Bombay from 1819 until 1825.
He was governor of Mauritius from 1828 until 1834.
He was promoted to general in 1837.



Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	4 March 1756	8 July 1823
Location of birth/death	Stockbridge	Edinburgh
Work location	Edinburgh, London
Authority control	: Q561916 VIAF: 24874387 ISNI: 0000 0000 6634 371X ULAN: 500032325 LCCN: n83013586 NLA: 36306862 WorldCat