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Charles Chapman
Died	2 August 1795
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Indian Army

Colonel Charles Chapman (died 2 August 1795) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, Chapman served as commanding officer of the 3rd European Regiment in Bengal before becoming Commander-in-Chief, India in December 1773.

He became discredited as an elderly officer whose chief aim was to recoup his gambling losses and was forced from office in January 1774. He retired to Bath and died in 1795.

References

1. The National review, Volume 131, Page 240
2. A sketch of the services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Francis Gordon Cardew, Page 31
3. ^ The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX
4. Report on the Palk Manuscripts, HMSO, 1922, Chapter XXXI
5. The answer of James Fraser to the charges made against him by Robert Stewart By James Fraser M.P.
6. Notes & Queries, Volume 192, Oxford Journals, Page 357

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