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SIR NEVILLE BOWLES CHAMBERLAIN (1820-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 819 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:NEVILLE See also:BOWLES See also:CHAMBERLAIN (1820-1902)  , See also:British See also:field See also:marshal, was the third son of See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Chamberlain, first See also:baronet, See also:consul-See also:general and See also:charge d'affaires in See also:Brazil, and was See also:born at Rio on the loth of See also:January 182o . He entered the See also:Indian See also:army in 1837, served as a subaltern in the first Afghan See also:War (1839-42), and was wounded on six occasions . He was attached to the See also:Governor-General's Bodyguard at the See also:battle of See also:Maharajpur, in the See also:Gwalior See also:campaign of 1843, was appointed milftary secretary to the governor of Bombay in 1846, and honorary aide-de-See also:camp to the governor-general of See also:India in 1847 . He served on the See also:staff throughout the See also:Punjab campaign of 1848–49, and was given a See also:brevet See also:majority . In 185o he was appointed commandant of the Punjab military See also:police, and in 1852 military secretary to the Punjab See also:government . Promoted lieut.-See also:colonel in 1854, he was given the command of the Punjab Frontier Force with See also:rank of brigadier-general, and commanded in several expeditions against the frontier tribes . In the Indian See also:Mutiny he succeeded Colonel See also:Chester as See also:adjutant-general of the Indianarmy, and distinguished himself at the See also:siege of See also:Delhi, where he was severely wounded . He was rewarded with a brevetcolonelcy, the See also:appointment of A.D.C. to the See also: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 See also: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 See also:coin, See also:mander-in-See also:chief of the See also:Madras army, and in 1878 was sent on a See also:mission to the See also:amir cf See also:Afghanistan, whose refusal to allow him to enter the See also:country precipitated the second Afghan War .

He was for some See also:

time acting military member of the See also:council of the governor-general of India . He retired in 1886, was made a field marshal in 19oo, and died on the 18th of See also:February 1902 . An excellent See also:biography by G . W . See also:Forrest appeared in 1909 .

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