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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Alexander Champion''' (died 15 March 1793) was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Champion was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into service for the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] in 1768.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorh_1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Commissions 1698-1827] National Archives</ref> He rose through the ranks and was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] in January 1774.<ref name=smith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR20&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&lr=&cd=24#v=onepage&q=%22General%20Charles%20Morgan%22&f=false The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.]</ref> On 23 April 1774 Champion defeated the [[Rohilla]]s (Afghan Highlanders) at [[Miranpur, Uttar Pradesh|Miranpur Katra]], killing their leader, [[Hafiz Rahmat Khan]], and ending the [[Rohilla War]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eAILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=%22Colonel+Alexander+Champion%22&source=bl&ots=N9sE6_-Ju8&sig=gnq6qJTrWnxeivXodbFs02t2DWs&hl=en&ei=OkZvS5O_IpCTjAfHmcCGBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Colonel%20Alexander%20Champion%22&f=false Historical record of medals and honorary distinctions conferred on the British Navy, Army and Auxiliary Forces By George Tancred, Page 302]</ref><br />
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Champion remained in office until November 1774.<ref name=smith/> He retired to [[Hatchlands Park]] near [[Guildford]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bH0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR58&dq=%22Colonel+Charles+Chapman%22&lr=&cd=20#v=onepage&q=%22Colonel%20Charles%20Chapman%22&f=false The answer of James Fraser to the charges made against him by Robert Stewart By James Fraser M.P.]</ref> and died at [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] on 15 March 1793: there is a monument to him in [[Bath Abbey]] by Nollekens, which says, 'he rose, in the course of twenty years' active service in India, to the chief command of the Company's troops in Bengal.'<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924015345691/cu31924015345691_djvu.txt Bath Abbey (Bath, England), Malmesbury Abbey, Bradford-on-Avon Church of St. Laurence by Thomas Perkins]</ref><br />
[[File:Colonel Alexander Champion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Memorial to Alexander Champion]]<br />
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==Family==<br />
On 11 February 1759 Champion married Miss Francis Nynd.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/officialpublicat27waltuoft/officialpublicat27waltuoft_djvu.txt The Bonnell Monumont in Walthamstow Church]</ref><br />
Whilst in India he lived with Johanna Barr of Calcutta and left her a house and goods in trust for her natural children Ganny Cummings and Alexander Champion.<ref>Southampton Archives D/PM Box 20/17</ref><br />
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{{succession box | title=[[Commander-in-Chief, India]] | before=[[Charles Chapman (British Army officer)|Charles Chapman]] | after=[[John Clavering (British Army officer)|Sir John Clavering]] | years=1774}}<br />
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