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Description: | CRE TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799) Campbell was educated at the University of Glasgow and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned in 1758 and during the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763) served in expeditions to France, the West Indies, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia and Grenada. In 1775 he raised the 71st Regiment of Highlanders and sailed for America where he was engaged against the Americans in the War of Independence. After a spell as lieutenant-governor of Jamaica, Campbell ended his career as governor of Madras. One of the most highly regarded military engineers of his time, Campbell died in 1791 shortly after his return from India to London.
(Source: Oxford DNB, 2004) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTORICAL COLLECTION : UNIVERSITY HISTORY : HISTPER : NACF : TASSIE_M : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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