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General Sir Charles Edward Nairne KCB (30 June 1836 – 19 February 1899) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Nairne was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in 1855. He took part in suppressing the Indian Mutiny in 1857. He went on to serve as a Horse Battery Commander during the Second Afghan War from 1878 to 1880.
In 1882 he took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War and commanded the Artillery at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. In 1855 he became Commandant of the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness and in 1887 he became Inspector-General of Artillery in India.
In 1892 he was appointed Commander of a District in Bengal and the following year he became Commander-in-Chief Bombay Army (renamed Bombay Command in 1895). He was acting Commander-in-Chief, India from March to November 1898.
He died in 1899 and is buried at Charlton Cemetery in London.
Family
In 1860 he married Sophie Addison. His sister, Helen Catherine Nairne, who was born on 1 September 1843, married Sir Frederick Arnold-Baker.