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 Mohmand s 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 . Military career . Born the son of George Arthur Brownlow and Cornelia Paulina Henrietta Brownlow ( née Sandby ) , Brownlow was commissioned into the Bengal Army on 20 December 1847 . He became Adjutant of the 1st Sikh Infantry , a unit formed to defend the North West Frontier , in 1851 and , having been promoted to lieutenant on 10 September 1852 , he fought in the Hazara Campaign of 1853 and was mentioned in despatches . He also fought in the campaign against the Mohmand s in 1854 when he was wounded and again mentioned in despatches . In 1857 , in response to the Indian Mutiny , Brownlow was asked to raise an infantry regiment and formed the 8th Punjab Infantry . During the fighting he remained on the front line in command of his regiment . After taking part in the Yusafzai expedition , like other officers at the time , he obtained a commission in the British Indian Army in August 1858 . Promoted to captain on 3 November 1858 , he was present at the Battle of the Taku Forts in August 1860 and the subsequent occupation of Peking during the Second Opium War . He joined the Bengal Staff Corps in January 1861 and , following promotion to bevet major on 15 February 1861 , he led his regiment at the Battle of Crag Piquet in November 1863 during the Ambela Campaign . He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 5 August 1864 . Promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel on 5 August 1864 and substantive major on 20 December 1867 , Brownlow commanded his regiment during the Hazara Campaign in 1868 . Promoted to colonel on 11 August 1869 and appointed aide - de - camp to the Queen on 30 October 1869 , he commanded the Right ( or Chittagong ) Column for the Lushai Expedition in 1871 . After being given command of a brigade at Rawalpindi , he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 10 September 1872 . He returned to England in 1877 and became Assistant Military Secretary for India in 1879 . He was promoted to major - general on 1 July 1881 , promoted to lieutenant - general on 7 September 1884 and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath 5 January 1888 . He was promoted again to full general on 22 January 1889 before retiring in 1890 . Brownlow became colonel of the 20th Duke of Cambridge ' s Own Infantry ( Brownlow ' s Punjabis ) in May 1904 and , as senior retired officer of the Indian Army , he was promoted to field marshal on 20 June 1908 . He lived at Warfield Hall at Warfield in Berkshire ; he died there on 5 April 1916 and was buried at St Michael the Archangel Churchyard in Warfield . Family . In 1890 he married Georgiana King ; they had no children .