Capt. John Campbell b. 1768 d. 16 Jul 1801 Fort Pungullamcouchy, India: Campbell DNA Project Public

Capt. John Campbell

1768 - 1801 (33 years)

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Name	Capt. John Campbell [1]
Born	1768
Gender	Male
Died	16 Jul 1801	Fort Pungullamcouchy, India
Person ID	I1548	Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

Father	John Campbell, of Melfort, d. 1790
Relationship	natural
Mother	Colina Campbell, d. 22 Apr 1806
Relationship	natural
Married	1767
Family ID	F0689	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

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Captain John Campbell of Melfort, Argyll, Scotland, who has the second son of Colonel John Campbell of Melfort and his wife Colina. He was born in Killin Perthshire, on 25th May 1769. He was one of three sons who served in the 74th Regiment (Argyll Highlanders) all died in India, as did John on 16th July, 1801. He was wounded in the storming of Fort Pungullamcouchy (Madras) on 1st April 1801.

At the siege, where the storming party to which they belonged being recalled from an impracticable breach, John, having missed his brother Alexander, and being informed that he had fallen, returned to the breach and succeeded in bringing him off, but was wounded in doing so. Alexander died and John, having returned to his duty too early, died of his wounds on 16th July. His other brother George Lorn Campbell died at the Assaye in 1803.

John was one of 17 children that Colina bore, after her marriage at the age of 15.

Sources
[S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston.

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