Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet

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Sir Archibald Campbell

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General; Sir Archibald Campbell; GCB Bt
	Portrait by John Wood
Born	12 March 1769; Glen Lyon
Died	6 October 1843 (aged 74); Edinburgh
Buried	St John's, Edinburgh
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army; Portuguese Army
Service years	1787–1843 (Britain); 1813–1820 (Portugal)
Rank	General (Britain); Major-General (Portugal)
Commands	71st Regiment of Foot; 6th Portuguese Infantry Regiment; 38th Regiment of Foot
Conflicts	Third Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Seringapatam; ; French Revolutionary Wars; Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Seringapatam; ; Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Roliça; Battle of Vimeiro; Battle of Corunna; Battle of Busaco; Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos; Battle of Albuera; Battle of Vitoria; Battle of the Pyrenees; Battle of Nivelle; Battle of the Nive; ; ; First Anglo-Burmese War Battle of Yangon; Battle of Danubyu; Battle of Prome; ;
Awards	Army Gold Cross; Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); Maha Thura Nawratha (Burma)
Alma mater	Tonbridge School

Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, GCB (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was a British army officer. From 1824 to 1826, Gen. Campbell commanded the British forces in the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, that gave the British control of Assam, Manipur, Cachar, Jaintia, Arakan and Tenasserim. He became known as the "Hero of Ava". From 1831 to 1837, he was the administrator of the colony of New Brunswick, Canada. The Canadian city of Campbellton in the province of New Brunswick was named in his honour.