ABSTRACT
The son of McLiver, a working carpenter in Glasgow, Colin, born Oct. 20,1792, was received when an infant by his mother’s maiden sisters, and educated at their expense at the Glasgow High School, and afterwards at Gosport. When he was fifteen, his mother’s brother, Colonel Campbell, obtained a commission for him. Being accidentally gazetted as “Colin Campbell,” he was so known till 1858, when he became Lord Clyde. Major-General Sir James Outram urged the Com-mander-in-Chief to postpone the relief of the Lucknow Residency till he had dealt with the rebel forces near Kalpi, and added, “We can manage to screw on till the end of November on further reduced rations.” The rebel forces near Kalpi were on the far side of the Jamnah, where they had collected all available boats.
