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Sir Charles Nairne
Born30 June 1836
Died19 February 1899 (1899-02-20) (aged 62)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankGeneral
CommandsBombay Command
Indian Army
Battles / warsIndian Mutiny
Second Afghan War
Anglo-Egyptian War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Charles Edward Nairne KCB (30 June 1836 – 19 February 1899) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Nairne was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in 1855.[1] He took part in suppressing the Indian Mutiny in 1857.[1] He went on to serve as a Horse Battery Commander during the Second Afghan War from 1878 to 1880.[1]

In 1882 he took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War and commanded the Artillery at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir.[1] In 1855 he became Commandant of the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness and in 1887 he became Inspector-General of Artillery in India.[1]

In 1892 he was appointed Commander of a District in Bengal and the following year he became Commander-in-Chief Bombay Army (renamed Bombay Command in 1895).[1] He was acting Commander-in-Chief, India from March to November 1898.[1]

He died in 1899 and is buried at Charlton Cemetery in London.[1]

Family

In 1860 he married Sophie Addison.[1] His sister, Helen Catherine Nairne, who was born on 1 September 1843, married Sir Frederick Arnold-Baker.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i E. M. Lloyd; rev. James Falkner (2004). "Charles Edward Nairne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Baker & Smart Pedigree 1902

Sources

Lloyd, Ernest Marsh (1901). "Nairne, Charles Edward" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Military offices
Preceded by C-in-C, Bombay Army
1893–1895 		Succeeded by
Post Disbanded
Preceded by
New Post
 C-in-C, Bombay Command
1895–1898 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, India
March 1898 –November 1898 		Succeeded by
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