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Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil (15 September 1838 – 14 January 1900) was a British soldier.

Biography

Thomas Tupper Carter was born on 15 September 1838, the third son of Admiral John Carter RN of Castlemartin and his wife, Julia Adery Georges. He was a grandson of Thomas Carter MP of Castlemartin.

Education

He first attended

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. In 1853, he entered the

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as an Ensign and was given the provisionary rank of

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on 13 August 1853. He subsequently attended Addiscombe Military Seminary, where officers were trained for service with the army of the East India Company. He was examined and qualified as an engineer office on 11 December 1857, with the rank of second lieutenant. In late 1857 Carter joined the company's Royal Bengal Engineers and was promoted to

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on 27 August 1858. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857–1858, the army of the East India Company was abolished, most of it becoming the

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. However, the Royal Bengal Engineers were amalgamated with the Royal Engineers of the

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Military career

In 1861, Carter served in the Sikkim Expedition. In 1863, he commanded the engineer forces in the

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. On 21 April 1864, Carter was appointed a 3rd Grade surveyor in Great Trigonometric Survey of India. Later that year, on 15 September, he was married to Emily Georgina Campbell of Possil, the daughter of General George Campbell of Inverniell and he adopted the new name of

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. Carter served in the

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where, upon the death of H. W. Garnault, he was promoted to captain on 13 September 1870. On 1 October 1877 Carter was promoted to major in the Royal Engineers, and made lieutenant colonel on 11 December 1886. He retired in 1887 upon receiving the honorary rank of

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In retirement

Carter lived for a time at Siam House,

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. In 1893 he was granted renewed arms by the

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, and formally changed his name to

. He subsequently lived with his wife and children at the family residence of Fascadale, in the parish of South Knapdale in Strathclyde (now Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire). He held office for the

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and was made Justice of the Peace. On 14 January 1900 Carter died at Fascadale, aged 61. He had six children. His son

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served in

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and became a major general.

References

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British military personnel of the Umbeyla Campaign British East India Company Army officers Royal Engineers officers Bengal Engineers officers Graduates of Addiscombe Military Seminary British military personnel of the Abyssinian War People educated at Cheltenham College 19th-century Scottish businesspeople British military personnel of the Sikkim expedition

Biography

Education

Military career

In retirement

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