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CHAMBERLAIN, See also:SIR See also:NEVILLE See also:BOWLES (1820-1902) , See also:British See also:field See also:marshal, was the third son of Sir See also:Henry 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.

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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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