Sir Colin Campbell
(1776-1847), Army officer and colonial governorRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
At sixteen, Campbell ran away from his home in Scotland and joined a ship heading for the West Indies. He joined the Army and by 1800 had become a brigade major on the island of St Vincent. The following year he was sent to India where he distinguished himself in fighting at Ahmednagar in 1803. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Wellesley, with whom he served at Hanover and Denmark before being promoted to major and serving in the Peninsular War. Campbell was present at the Battle of Waterloo, and was promoted to major general in 1825. He served as lieutenant governor of Tobago and then of Nova Scotia and in 1840 was appointed governor of Ceylon, in which post he remained until his death.
by Thomas Heaphy
pencil and watercolour, 1813
NPG 4320
by William Salter
oil on canvas, 1834-1840
NPG 3702
by, published by and after Anker Smith, by Thomas Heaphy, published by Rudolph Ackermann
line and stipple engraving, published 8 August 1822
NPG D42614
after Thomas Heaphy
tracing, before 1960
NPG D42615
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