Crawford Chamberlain Sir Crawford Trotter Chamberlain GCIE CSI ( 1821 – 1902 ) was a General of the Indian Staff Corps . Early life . Born in London on 9 May 1821 , was third son of Sir Henry Chamberlain , 1st Baronet by his second wife . Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain was an elder brother . After education at private schools and under tutors Crawford obtained a cadetship in the Bengal army in 1837 , and was posted to the 28th Bengal infantry . From this corps he was transferred to the 16th Bengal infantry . Afghan and Sikh Wars . With the outbreak of the First Anglo - Afghan War in 1839 Chamberlain ' s active service began . He was present at the siege of Ghazni ( 23 July 1839 ) and at the operations around Kandahar . In September 1841 he was appointed to the command of the 5th Janbaz cavalry , and in the following month he became adjutant of Christie ' s horse . Until the end of the Afghan campaign he was engaged in constant heavy fighting . In 1843 Chamberlain was sent to Scinde with two squadrons of Christie ' s horse as an independent command , to be known as Chamberlain ' s horse . In 1845 he was invalided to the Cape of Good Hope , where he married . Next year he returned to India as second in command of the 9th irregular cavalry , into which his own corps had been absorbed . During the Anglo - Sikh wars of 1845 - 9 he was constantly in action . He was at the battle of Chillian walla on 13 January 1849 , receiving the medal and clasp . On 30 January he was again engaged in the neighbourhood ; here he was wounded , and was made the subject of a special despatch by Lord Gough ( 31 January ) . At the battle of Gujarat on 21 February , he had to be lifted into the saddle , where he remained throughout the day . He was awarded the clasp , was mentioned in despatches , and , being promoted to captain and brevet major in November 1849 , was given the command of the 1st irregular cavalry , formerly Skinner ' s Horse . He served with them in the Mohmand expedition of 1854 and received a medal and clasp . Indian Rebellion of 1857 . On the outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , Chamberlain ' s men volunteered to shoot condemned rebels at Jullundur ( 4 June 1857 ) . He was given the duty of disarming the 62nd and 69th regiments at Multan . At Chichawatni ( September ) Chamberlain was attacked by a superior force of the enemy , and housed his cavalry in a caravanserai . He held out until he was relieved three days later . For his services Chamberlain was promoted to lieutenant - colonel . In April 1862 he was made colonel . Later life . In 1864 Chamberlain was appointed honorary A . D . C . to the governor - general , and two years later was made Companion of the Order of the Star of India , and was included in the first list of twelve officers for good service pension . In 1866 , too , he was transferred to the command of the central Indian horse , and next year to the command of the Gwalior district with the rank of brigadier - general . In 1869 Chamberlain was officiating political agent at Gwalior ; from October 1869 to February 1870 he was acting political agent at the court of Scindia until his promotion to major - general . During his unemployed time as major - general he served on various commissions and courts of inquiry ; and from 1874 to 1879 he commanded the Oudh division . He became lieutenant - general in October 1877 and general in January 1880 . In 1880 Chamberlain returned to England for the first time since 1837 . In 1884 he was retired from the active list . In 1897 , on the occasion of Queen Victoria ' s diamond jubilee , he was made Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire . He died at his residence , Lordswood , Southampton , on 13 December 1902 , and was buried at Rownhams . Family . Chamberlain married twice : There was no issue by either marriage .