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	'''Sir Charles Cureton''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|KCB}} (25 November 1826 – 11 July 1891) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer. He distinguished himself as a cavalry leader, and was recognised for acts of personal bravery. He became brevet colonel 14 February 1868, lieutenant-colonel 22 February 1869, major-general 22 February 1870, lieutenant-general 1 October 1877, and general 1 December 1888.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNBSupp\|wstitle=Cureton, Charles Robert\|volume=2}}</ref>		'''Sir Charles Cureton''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|KCB}} (25 November 1826 – 11 July 1891) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer. He distinguished himself as a cavalry leader, and was recognised for acts of personal bravery. He became brevet colonel 14 February 1868, lieutenant-colonel 22 February 1869, major-general 22 February 1870, lieutenant-general 1 October 1877, and general 1 December 1888.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNBSupp\|wstitle=Cureton, Charles Robert\|volume=2}}</ref>

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'''Sir Charles Cureton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (25 November 1826 – 11 July 1891) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer. He distinguished himself as a cavalry leader, and was recognised for acts of personal bravery. He became brevet colonel 14 February 1868, lieutenant-colonel 22 February 1869, major-general 22 February 1870, lieutenant-general 1 October 1877, and general 1 December 1888.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Cureton, Charles Robert|volume=2}}</ref>

==Life==
He was a son of [[Charles Robert Cureton]], and brother of [[Edward Burgoyne Cureton]] (1822–1894), born in 1826. He received a commission as ensign in the [[East India Company]]'s [[Bengal Army]] on 22 February 1843.<ref name="DNB"/>

Having arrived in India on 24 June 1843, Cureton was appointed adjutant of the 12th regiment of irregular cavalry on 14 January 1846. He served in the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], and was present at the [[battle of Aliwal]] on 28 January 1846, receiving the medal and clasp. In the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] he was aide-de-camp to his father until the latter's death at the [[battle of Ramnagar]], on 22 November 1848, where he was himself slightly wounded. He took part in the passage of the [[Chenab River]] on 2 and 3 December, in the [[battle of Gujrat]], 21 February 1849, and in the pursuit, under [[Sir Walter Gilbert]], of the Sikh army, the capture of [[Attock]], and the occupation of [[Peshawar]], receiving the medal and clasp.<ref name="DNB"/>
[[File:15 Lancers (Cureton's Multanis).jpg|thumb|right|An officer of the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)]]
Cureton served in the [[north-west frontier campaigns]] of 1849 to 1852, including the [[operations against the Baizai (1849)]], and the [[Mohmand Expeditions (1851–2)]], receiving the medal and clasp. On 4 May 1852, he was appointed second in command of the 2nd irregular cavalry. He took part in the suppression of the Sonthal rebellion in 1856, and in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. He served against the Sealkote mutineers and took part in the action of Trimu Ghat, also against the Gogaira rebels. He raised and commanded [[Cureton's Multani cavalry]], and continued to command it after it became the 15th Bengal cavalry. He served with it, and had charge of the intelligence department throughout the campaigns in Rohilkhand and Oude in 1858 and 1859, and was present at the actions of Bhagwala, Najina, Bareli, Shahjehanpur, Banai, Shahabad, Bankegaon, Mahodipur, Rasalpur, Mitaoli, and Biswa. He was 11 times mentioned in despatches published in general orders and received the medal and brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel. He served in the north-west frontier campaign of 1860, and on 2 June 1869 was made a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB), military division.<ref name="DNB"/>

For five years, from 22 October 1879, Cureton commanded the Awadh division of the Bengal Army. He was promoted to be [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB), military division, in May 1891. He died in England, at [[Eastbourne]], Sussex, on 11 July 1891.<ref name="DNB"/>

==Family==
Cureton married in 1852 Margaret Sophia Holmes, daughter of the Rev. [[William Anthony Holmes]]. They had three sons, two of whom became army officers.<ref name="DNB"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Urban.|first=Sylvanus|title=The Gentleman's Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bkUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA87|accessdate=12 June 2018|volume=38|year=1852|page=87}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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