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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 819 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR NEVILLE BOWLES CHAMBERLAIN (1820-1902)  ,
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British field marshal, was the third son of
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Sir Henry Chamberlain, first
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baronet, consul-general and charge d'affaires in Brazil, and was born at Rio on the loth of
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January 182o . He entered the
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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
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battle of
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Maharajpur, in the
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Gwalior
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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
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Punjab campaign of 1848–49, 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
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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
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Madras army, and in 1878 was sent on a
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mission to the amir cf
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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
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February 1902 . An excellent biography by G . W . Forrest appeared in 1909 .

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