Colonel Charles Chapman (died 2 August 1795) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,The National review, Volume 131, Page 240 Chapman served as commanding officer of the 3rd European RegimentA sketch of the services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Francis Gordon Cardew, Page 31 in Bengal before becoming Commander-in-Chief, India in December 1773.The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co., Page XX
He became discredited as an elderly officer whose chief aim was to recoup his gambling lossesReport on the Palk Manuscripts, HMSO, 1922, Chapter XXXI and was forced from office in January 1774. He retired to BathThe answer of James Fraser to the charges made against him by Robert Stewart By James Fraser M.P. and died in 1795.Notes & Queries, Volume 192, Oxford Journals, Page 357
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