Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil

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| name = Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1838|9|15}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1900|1|14|1838|9|15}}

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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

| branch = 23px British Army

| serviceyears = 1853–1887

| rank = Colonel
Justice of the Peace
Chief of Staff

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| commands = Bengal Engineer Group
Great Trigonometric Survey
Honourable East India Company

| battles = Sikkim Expedition
Umbeyla Campaign
1868 Expedition to Abyssinia

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| relations = Thomas Carter MP (1690–1763),
Admiral John Carter,
General George Carter-Campbell
{{nowrap|Colonel Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil}}

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Colonel 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.{{Cite web| last = Lundy | first =Darryl | title = The Peerage | date = 11 October 2009 | url = http://thepeerage.com/p36358.htm#i363578 }} He was a grandson of Thomas Carter MP of Castlemartin.

=Education=

He first attended Cheltenham College.{{Cite book |last = Hunter |first =Andrew Alexander |title=Cheltenham College Register, 1841–1889 | publisher = G. Bell and Sons |year = 1890 |url = https://archive.org/details/cheltenhamcolleg00chel|page = [https://archive.org/details/cheltenhamcolleg00chel/page/367 367] }} In 1853, he entered the Royal School of Military Engineering as an Ensign and was given the provisionary rank of lieutenant on 13 August 1853.{{Cite web |title = The London Gazette | page = 3789 |date = 13 August 1858 |url = http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22173/pages/3789/page.pdf }} He subsequently attended Addiscombe Military Seminary, where officers were trained for service with the army of the East India Company.{{cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=The Belfast Newsletter |issue=12946 |location = Belfast, Ireland |date=16 December 1857 }} He was examined and qualified as an engineer office on 11 December 1857, with the rank of second lieutenant.{{cite book |title = Hart's annual army list, militia list, and imperial yeomanry list | work = page 201 | publisher = J. Murray |year=1863 | url = https://archive.org/details/hartsannualarmy03hartgoog|page = [https://archive.org/details/hartsannualarmy03hartgoog/page/n231 201] }}

In late 1857 Carter joined the company's Royal Bengal Engineers and was promoted to first lieutenant on 27 August 1858.{{Cite web | title = The London Gazette |page=2239 |date = 29 April 1862 | url = http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22621/pages/2239/page.pdf }}

After the Indian Mutiny of 1857–1858, the army of the East India Company was abolished, most of it becoming the Indian Army. However, the Royal Bengal Engineers were amalgamated with the Royal Engineers of the British Army.

=Military career=

In 1861, Carter served in the Sikkim Expedition. In 1863, he commanded the engineer forces in the Umbeyla Campaign. On 21 April 1864, Carter was appointed a 3rd Grade surveyor in Great Trigonometric Survey of India.{{Cite book |last=Hart |first =Col. H. G. |title = The New Army List; and Militia List |page=101a | work=The London Gazette|year=1868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lu8NAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA102}} 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 Carter-Campbell of Possil.

Carter served in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia where, upon the death of H. W. Garnault, he was promoted to captain on 13 September 1870.{{Cite web |title=The London Gazette |page=5748 |date=13 December 1870 |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23687/pages/5748/page.pdf }}

On 1 October 1877 Carter was promoted to major in the Royal Engineers,{{cite news |title=The London Gazette - The Morning Post |issue=32898 |location=London, England |date=5 December 1877 |page = 6 }} and made lieutenant colonel on 11 December 1886.{{cite news | title = Military News - The Star |number=87 |location=Saint Peter Port, England |date = 16 December 1886 }} He retired in 1887 upon receiving the honorary rank of colonel.

=In retirement=

Carter lived for a time at Siam House, Weymouth, Dorset.{{cite news |newspaper=Morning Post |title=Change of Name |url=http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DateAscend&prodId=BNWS&tabID=T012&subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528tx%252CNone%252C8%2529campbell%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528jn%252CNone%252C6%2529%25222BMM%2522%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528da%252CNone%252C10%252903%252F11%252F1893%2524&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R2&displaySubject=&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=2&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C8%29campbell%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28jn%2CNone%2C6%29%222BMM%22%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C10%2903%2F11%2F1893%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&inPS=true&userGroupName=ucl_ttda&sgCurrentPosition=0&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=GS3214940739&contentSet=BNCN&callistoContentSet=BNCN&docPage=article&hilite=y |number=37674 |location=London |date=11 March 1893 |page=1 }}{{subscription required}} In 1893 he was granted renewed arms by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and formally changed his name to Carter-Campbell of Possil.{{Cite news |first1=J. |last1=Anderson |first2=F. |last2=Anderson | title=[Notice] |newspaper=Edinburgh Gazette |pages=1373–4 |date=22 October 1895 |url=http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/10720/pages/1373/page.pdf }}

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).{{Cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=J. |last2=Anderson |first2=F. |title=[Notice] |newspaper=Edinburgh Gazette |page=728 |date=22 July 1898 |url=http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/11007/pages/728/page.pdf }} He held office for the Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire and was made Justice of the Peace.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

On 14 January 1900 Carter died at Fascadale, aged 61.{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |title=Obituary |number=36040 |location=London |date=16 January 1900 |page=7 |url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/391/407/192893235w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS118810160&dyn=10!xrn_28_0_CS118810160&hst_1?sw_aep=ucl_ttda }}{{subscription required}}{{cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |number=12979 |location=Birmingham |date=17 January 1900 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DateAscend&prodId=BNWS&tabID=T012&subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528tx%252CNone%252C8%2529campbell%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528jn%252CNone%252C6%2529%25221ZSY%2522%253AAnd%253ALQE%253D%2528da%252CNone%252C10%252901%252F17%252F1900%2524&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchId=R3&displaySubject=&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm¤tPosition=1&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28tx%2CNone%2C8%29campbell%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28jn%2CNone%2C6%29%221ZSY%22%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C10%2901%2F17%2F1900%24&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&inPS=true&userGroupName=ucl_ttda&sgCurrentPosition=0&contentSet=LTO&&docId=&docLevel=FASCIMILE&workId=&relevancePageBatch=BB3201395601&contentSet=BNCN&callistoContentSet=BNCN&docPage=article&hilite=y }}{{subscription required}} He had six children. His son George Carter-Campbell served in World War I and became a major general.