Charles Chapman (British Army officer) explained
Colonel Charles Chapman (died 2 August 1795) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,[1] Chapman served as commanding officer of the 3rd European Regiment[2] in Bengal before becoming Commander-in-Chief, India in December 1773.[3]
He became discredited as an elderly officer whose chief aim was to recoup his gambling losses[4] and was forced from office in January 1774.[3] He retired to Bath[5] and died in 1795.[6]
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=6bHQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Colonel+Charles+Chapman%22 The National review, Volume 131, Page 240
- https://books.google.com/books?id=FX5BxwQpKm0C&q=%22Colonel+Charles+Chapman%22 A sketch of the services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Francis Gordon Cardew, Page 31
- https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&pg=RA1-PR20 The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX
- https://archive.org/stream/reportonpalkmanu00greauoft/reportonpalkmanu00greauoft_djvu.txt Report on the Palk Manuscripts, HMSO, 1922, Chapter XXXI
- https://books.google.com/books?id=bH0IAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Colonel+Charles+Chapman%22&pg=PR58 The answer of James Fraser to the charges made against him by Robert Stewart By James Fraser M.P.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=YrgCAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Colonel+Charles+Chapman%22 Notes & Queries, Volume 192, Oxford Journals, Page 357
