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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Charles Nairne
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|30 June 1836}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|19 February 1899|30 June 1836}}
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial= [[Charlton cemetery]]
| birth_place =
| death_place = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
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| allegiance =[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22x25px]] [[East India Company]] {{flagicon|British India}} [[British India]]
| branch = [[Bengal Army]] [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]
| serviceyears =
| rank =[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant general]]
| unit =
| commands =[[Bombay Army|Bombay Command]] [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]
| battles =[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] [[Second Afghan War]] [[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Anglo-Egyptian War]]
| awards =[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] [[Order of the Medjidie]], 3rd class<ref name=odnb/>
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}}
[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant general]] '''Sir Charles Edward Nairne''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (30 June 1836 – 19 February 1899) was a British military officer who served in [[British India]].

==Early life==
He was the son of Captain Alexander Nairne, a military officer in the [[East India Company]].<ref name="auto1">Dictionary of National Biography. Supplement. United Kingdom, Smith, Elder, & Company, 1901.</ref>

Educated at [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]], Nairne was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Bengal Artillery]] in 1855.<ref name=odnb>{{cite book|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19724|chapter=Charles Edward Nairne|author=E. M. Lloyd|authorlink=Ernest Marsh Lloyd|author2=James Falkner|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004}}</ref> Due to sickness he was only present for two and a half terms at Addiscombe, instead of the usual four, and this prevented him joining the [[Bengal Engineers]].<ref name="auto2">Vibart, Henry Meredith. Addiscombe, Its Heroes and Men of Note; by Colonel H. M. Vibart... With an Introduction by Lord Roberts of Kandahar.... N.p., A. Constable and Company, 1894.</ref>

==Career==
During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] in 1857 he was stationed mostly at [[Peshawar]] and only saw action towards its close.<ref name="auto2"/> In 1863 he served in an expedition against the [[Yusufzai]] on the north-western frontier.<ref name="auto2"/> He went on to serve as a Horse Battery Commander with the [[Peshawar Valley Field Force]] during the [[Second Afghan War]] from 1878 to 1880.<ref name=odnb/>

In 1882 he took part in the [[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Anglo-Egyptian War]] and commanded the horse artillery at the [[Kassassin|Battle of Kassassin Lock]] and the [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir]] where he was [[mentioned in despatches]].<ref name=odnb/> He was also appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25169|page=5166|date=17 November 1882}}</ref> In 1882 he became colonel of the depot staff of the horse artillery, and in 1885 commandant of the school of gunnery at [[Shoeburyness]] for the next two years. In 1887 he became Inspector-General of Artillery in [[India]], serving in the role for five years.<ref name=odnb/> In 1890 he attained the rank of Major-general after 35 years service.<ref name="auto2"/>

In 1892 Nairne was appointed to the command of the Division at [[Meerut]], and the following year he became Commander-in-Chief of the [[Bombay Army]] (renamed Bombay Command in 1895).<ref name=odnb/> He was promoted Lieutenant-General in November 1895<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26687|page=7137|date=10 December 1895}}</ref> and became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in June 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26947|page=1682|date=14 March 1898}}</ref> He was acting [[Commander-in-Chief, India]] from March to November 1898.<ref name=odnb/>

==Death==
He died suddenly on 19 February 1899 and was buried with military honours at [[Charlton Cemetery]] in [[London]] on 22 February.<ref name=odnb/>

==Family==
In 1860 he married Sophie Addison.<ref name=odnb/> His sister, Helen Catherine Nairne, who was born on 1 September 1843, married [[Sir Frederick Arnold-Baker]].<ref>[https://books.google.lu/books?id=9zRZGwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Frederick+Arnold+Baker%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0zbCT9alCJGaOt3I_fIJ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA Baker & Smart Pedigree 1902]</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Nairne, Charles Edward |first=Ernest Marsh|last= Lloyd}}

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