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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Robert Houstoun''' <small>[[Order of the Bath|KCB]]</small> (2 December 1780 – 5 April 1862) was a [[British people|British]] military officer in the service of the [[East India Company]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in [[Jordanhill]], [[Renfrewshire (historic)|Renfrewshire]] in 1780. He was the fifth son of Andrew Houstoun, a wealthy [[Scottish people|Scottish]] banker and merchant in the [[West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/357221229|title=Andrew Houston or Houstoun of Jordanhill|website=University College London}}</ref><br />
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He was commissioned as a [[Cornet (rank)|cornet]] in the 2nd Light Cavalry of the [[Bengal Army]] in 1795, and in 1800 at just the age of twenty was made [[adjutant]] of the 6th Regiment. Following the taking of Bhowannee in 1809 he was received his majority. He served as a [[brigade major]] in two campaigns during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]] in 1803 and 1804. He succeed to the command of his regiment as captain in 1805, and held the position for the following nine years. In 1812-13 he commanded troops against the [[Pindaris]] in [[Berar Province]] and in 1814 was in command on the frontier at [[Mirzapur]]. Following this he returned to [[England]] on ill health and was appointed [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in 1817, one of the first officers in the Indian Army.<ref>Vibart, H.M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 87</ref><br />
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He returned to India in 1817 at the start of the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] and was nominated to the command of the Guides and Intelligence Department. On conclusion of the war he was made commander of a cavalry depot until 1819. Thereafter he was placed in the command of forces in [[Malwa]] until 1821 when he was again forced to return to England due to ill health.<ref>Vibart, H.M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 87</ref> In 1823, two years after his return, he was made Lieutenant-governor of the [[Addiscombe Military Seminary|East India Company Military Seminary]] in [[Addiscombe]]. During his tenure at Addiscombe he was known as a strict disciplinarian although with a kindly disposition and was very hospitable to the cadets. He obtained the nickname "Black Dick" due to his swarthy complexion, although why he was called Dick is unknown.<ref>Vibart, H.M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 88</ref> He resigned his post on 26 March 1834 and was presented with the sum of 500 [[Guinea (coin)|guineas]] for his service.<ref>Vibart, H.M. (1894). Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note. Westminster: Archibald Constable. p. 100</ref><br />
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Houston was appointed [[Order of the Bath|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1838 and became a [[General]] in the East India Company's service in 1854. He died in [[Torquay]], [[Devon]] in 1862.<ref>The Edinburgh Gazette, June 27, 1862, 1113</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/10480|title=Robert Houstoun - Profile & Legacies Summary|website=University College London}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
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His daughter Rachel Houston married Charles Murray Barstow, President of the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh.<ref>Grave of Rachel Houston, Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh</ref><br />
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