Neville Bowles Chamberlain

Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain GCB GCSI was a senior Indian Army officer. He fought at the Battle of Ghazni in July 1839 during the First AngloAfghan War, the Battle of Maharajpur in December 1843 during the Gwalior Campaign and the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second AngloSikh War. During the Indian Rebellion he served as AdjutantGeneral of the Indian Army and was severely wounded at the Siege of Delhi in July 1857. He went on to be Commanderinchief of the Madras Army in February 1876 and was sent on a mission to the Emir of Afghanistan, Sher Ali Khan, whose refusal to allow him to enter the country precipitated the Second AngloAfghan War in November 1878.

Chamberlain was born the third son of Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, consul general and charge daffaires in Brazil, and his second wife Anna Eugenia ne Morgan. His elder brother, William Charles Chamberlain, was an admiral, while younger brothers Crawford Chamberlain, and Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, were also army officers.

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