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COMMANDER // 1770–1843

Charles Colville

generalUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1770 – 1843

17701780179018001810182018301840Peninsular War · 1808-1814Battle of El Bodon — September 25, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular War

Active service 1811 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 41.

Profile

General Sir Charles Colville was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He was an ensign in 1781. He served in the West Indies from 1791 to 1797 and while serving there was promoted to lieutenant-colonel (1796). He helped to suppress the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was in Egypt in 1801 and fought at Martinique in 1809. He commanded brigade, and afterwards division, in the Peninsular War from 1810 until 1814. During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815 he commanded a division in Belgium and the same year was made a K.C.B. In 1819 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and served as commander-in-chief at Bombay from 1819 until 1825. He was governor of Mauritius from 1828 until 1834. He was promoted to general in 1837.

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Battles (1)

Last verified June 2026
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