Sir Charles Colville

(1770-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colville, Charles, Sir, 1770-1843 NRA: Colville Sir Charles (1770-1843) Knight General DNB: Colville, Sir Charles (1770–1843), army officer LBT ID: ChColvi1843 VIAF ID: 26014592 LOC ID: n84181782	B/BAP: 1770-08-07 DIED: 1843-03-27
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The second son of John Colville, eighth Lord Colville of Culross; after service in Egypt he was a brigade commander in the Peninsular war and commander in Bombay (1819-25) and governor of Mauritius (1828-32).
REFERENCES TO Sir Charles Colville: Lord Arthur Hill to Thomas Creevey, 25 June 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch X: 1814-15