Forbes Champagné

Forbes Champagné
Died 23 October 1816
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Indian Army
Battles/wars American Revolutionary War

Lieutenant General Forbes Champagné (died 23 October 1816) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Champagné was commissioned into the 4th Regiment of Foot in 1773.[1] He served in the Southern Colonies during the American Revolutionary War[2] and took part in the Battle of Wetzell's Mill in 1781.[3] By 1796 he had been appointed Commanding Officer of the 20th Regiment of Foot.[4]

He was Commander-in-Chief, India from 1807 to 1811 during which time he was promoted to Lieutenant-General.[5]

He also became Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the 95th Regiment of Foot.[6]

He lived in Merton[7] and died on 23 October 1816.[8]

References

Military offices
New regiment Colonel of the 8th Garrison Battalion
1806–1809
Succeeded by
John Despard
Preceded by
Sir George Hewett
Commander-in-Chief, India
1807–1811
Succeeded by
Sir George Nugent
New regiment Colonel-Commandant of the 1st Battalion,
95th Regiment of Foot

1809–1816
Succeeded by
Sir Brent Spencer
Preceded by
Sir Lowry Cole
Colonel of the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
1816
Succeeded by
Sir Kenneth Howard
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