Katana VentraIP

Charles Henry Brownlow

Field Marshal Sir Charles Henry Brownlow, GCB (12 December 1831 – 5 April 1916) was a senior Indian Army officer. He served on the North West Frontier in the Hazara Campaign of 1853 and the campaign against the Mohmands in 1854. At the start of the Indian Mutiny, Brownlow was asked to raise an infantry regiment and formed the 8th Punjab Infantry which he commanded during that campaign, the Second Opium War, the Ambela Campaign and the Hazara Campaign of 1868. He commanded a column for the Lushai Expedition and then served as Assistant Military Secretary for India for ten years. After his retirement, as senior retired officer of the Indian Army, he was promoted to field marshal.


Sir Charles Brownlow

(1831-12-12)12 December 1831
Sultanpur, Bengal

5 April 1916(1916-04-05) (aged 84)
Warfield, Berkshire

1847–1890

Hazara Campaign of 1853
Mohmand Campaign
Indian Mutiny
Second Opium War
Ambela Campaign
Hazara Campaign of 1868
Lushai Expedition

Family[edit]

In 1890 he married Georgiana King; they had no children.[3]

Brownlow KI, South Australia

Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736–1997. Barnsley (UK): Pen & Sword.  0-85052-696-5.

ISBN