Charles Chapman (British Army officer)

Charles Chapman
Died 2 August 1795
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
Rank Colonel
Commands held Indian Army

Colonel Charles Chapman (died 2 August 1795) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,[1] Chapman served as Commanding Officer of the 3rd European Regiment[2] in Bengal before becoming Commander-in-Chief, India in December 1773.[3]

He became discredited as an elderly officer whose chief aim was to recoup his gambling losses[4] and was forced from office in January 1774.[3] He retired to Bath[5] and died in 1795.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The National review, Volume 131, Page 240
  2. ↑ A sketch of the services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Francis Gordon Cardew, Page 31
  3. 1 2 The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX
  4. ↑ Report on the Palk Manuscripts, HMSO, 1922, Chapter XXXI
  5. ↑ The answer of James Fraser to the charges made against him by Robert Stewart By James Fraser M.P.
  6. ↑ Notes & Queries, Volume 192, Oxford Journals, Page 357
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