Talk:Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

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Maternal Uncle

Is mentioned as "John Campbell", with a [disambiguation needed] tag. Was this John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, which would make his mother the 7th Duke's sister, Lady Augusta Campbell?

As his father is supposed to be "a simple carpenter", perhaps not, as a carpenter would have had to have done very well to marry the first daughter of a Duke! It would explain, however, why he was willing to adopt his uncle's surname, rather than keep his father's.

Hmm - apparently not: " Lady Augusta Campbell was the daughter of Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning, Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon.1 She married Brig-Gen. Henry Clavering, son of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Clavering.1 She died on 22 June 1831. Her married name became Clavering."

New file File:Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde; Sir James Hope Grant; Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst by Henry Hering.jpg

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Marriage and child

Both the Oxford Dictionary of National Bioography and Heathcote (page 71) say that Campbell never married and that he had no children. An editor has claimed that he both married and had a child (Evelyn Campbell) citing "family tree". It would be good to have on-line evidence of the marriage and the child (to the standard required by WP:SOURCE) or the assertion will be need to be deleted. Please can you provide? Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 11:40, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

'Sir Crawling Camel'

It seems odd to head the information panel with a nickname, let alone such a derogatory one, which is then not discussed or referred to in the text. A balancing opinion of Campbell's methodical approach should be included. A quick survey of other distinguished military figures of the time does not support this choice.

Reference should be provided for this nickname. While that is forthcoming, I suggest the epithet is removed from a position of such prominence.

JF42 (talk) 07:31, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed and removed. Dormskirk (talk) 10:05, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]