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| name =John Caillaud<br />
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| birth_date =5 February 1726<br />
| death_date =December 1812<br />
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| birth_place =[[Dublin]], Ireland<br />
| death_place =[[Aston Rowant]], [[Oxfordshire]]<br />
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| branch =[[British Army]]<br />
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| rank =[[Brigadier General]]<br />
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| commands =[[Indian Army]]<br />
| battles =[[Jacobite rising of 1745|Jacobite rising]]<br />[[Seven Years' War]]<br />
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[[Brigadier-General]] '''John Caillaud''' (5 February 1726 – December 1812) was [[Commander-in-Chief, India]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Caillaud was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into [[8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot|Onslow's Regiment]] in 1743.<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4334 John Caillaud at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> In 1746, during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|Jacobite rising]], he took part in the [[Battle of Falkirk (1746)|Battle of Falkirk]] and the [[Battle of Culloden]]. In 1752 he was made a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Madras Army]]. During the [[Seven Years' War]] he was involved with skirmishes with the [[French Army|French]].<ref name=odnb/><br />
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In 1759 he was made [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander]] of the [[Bengal Army]].<ref name=odnb/> [[Edmund Burke]] later claimed that, during the course of the [[Bengal War]], Caillaud had set three official seals to a document expressing an intent to kill [[Shah Alam II|Ali Gauhar]], the Mughal Crown Prince, allegations that Caillaud strongly denied.<ref name=odnb/><br />
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He subsequently became [[Commander]] of the [[Madras Army]] in which capacity he negotiated a treat with [[Najimuddin Ali Khan|Nazim Ali]] which guaranteed Nazim Ali military support in return for occupation of the [[Northern Circars]] by the [[East India Company]].<ref name=odnb/><br />
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In 1775 he retired<ref>[http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?category=ABMINIATURES&object=100233&row=3356&detail=about Royal Collection]</ref> to [[Aston Rowant]] in [[Oxfordshire]] and died in December 1812.<ref name=odnb/><br />
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==Family==<br />
In 1763 he married Mary Pechell: they had no children.<ref name=odnb/><br />
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