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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Sir Robert Low<br />
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| caption =Sir Robert Low<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1838|1|28|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1911|08|04|1838|01|28|df=yes}}<br />
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| allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] / [[British Empire]]<br />
| branch =[[Bengal Army]]<br /> [[British Indian Army]]<br />
| serviceyears =1854–1905<br />
| rank =[[General (United Kingdom)|General]]<br />
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| commands =[[Bombay Army|Bombay Command]]<br />
| battles =[[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br>[[Chitral Expedition]]<br />
| awards =Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Bath]]<br />
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[[General]] [[Sir]] '''Robert Cunliffe Low''' [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] (28 January 1838 – 4 August 1911) was a British officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite DNB12|author=G. S. Woods|wstitle=Low, Robert Cunliffe}}</ref><br />
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==Military career==<br />
Born the son of General [[John Low (East India Company officer)|Sir John Low]], Low was commissioned into the [[Bengal Army]] in 1854.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|id=34607|first=James|last=Falkner|title=Low, Sir Robert Cunliffe}}</ref> He served with the Delhi Field Force during the response to the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and also fought in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1879.<ref name=odnb/> He became commander of [[Bareilly district]] in 1886 and commander of [[Lucknow district]] in 1892.<ref name=odnb/> He was appointed commander-in-chief of the [[Chitral Expedition]] in 1895 in which role he was sent by the [[British Raj|British authorities]] to relieve the fort at [[Chitral (princely state)|Chitral]] which was under siege after a local coup. After the death of the old ruler power changed hands several times. An intervening British force of about 400 men was besieged in the fort until it was relieved.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26644|page=4017|date=16 July 1895}}</ref> He went on to become Commander-in-Chief of [[Bombay Army|Bombay Command]] in 1898 before retiring in 1905.<ref name=odnb/><br />
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In June 1909 [[Edward VII|the King]] appointed Low, to be Keeper of the Jewel House at the [[Tower of London]], a position that he held until his death on 4 August 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28385|page=4254|date=17 June 1910}}</ref><br />
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