Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil
| Colonel Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil R.E., J. P. COS | |
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| Born | 1838 |
| Died | 1900 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/ |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1853 - 1887 |
| Rank |
Colonel Justice of the Peace Chief of Staff |
| Commands held |
Bengal Engineer Group Great Trigonometric Survey Honourable East India Company |
| Battles/wars |
Sikkim Expedition Umbeyla Campaign 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia |
| Relations |
Thomas Carter MP (1690–1763), Admiral John Carter, General George Carter-Campbell Colonel Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil |
Colonel Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil (15 September 1838 – 14 January 1900) was a British soldier.
Thomas Tupper Carter was born on 15 September 1838, the third son of Admiral John Carter RN of Castlemartin and his wife, Julia Adery Georges. He was a grandson of Thomas Carter MP of Castlemartin.
He first attended Cheltenham College. In 1853, he entered the Royal School of Military Engineering as an Ensign and was given the provisionary rank of lieutenant on 13 August 1853. He subsequently attended Addiscombe Military Seminary, where officers were trained for service with the army of the East India Company. He was examined and qualified as an engineer office on 11 December 1857, with the rank of second lieutenant.
In late 1857 Carter joined the Company's Royal Bengal Engineers and was promoted to first lieutenant on 27 August 1858.
After the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858, the army of the East India Company was abolished, most of it becoming the Indian Army. However, the Royal Bengal Engineers were amalgamated with the Royal Engineers of the British Army.
In 1861, Carter served in the Sikkim Expedition. In 1863, he commanded the engineer forces in the Umbeyla Campaign. On 21 April 1864, Carter was appointed a 3rd Grade surveyor in Great Trigonometric Survey of India. Later that year, on 15 September, he was married to Emily Georgina Campbell of Possil, the daughter of General George Campbell of Inverniell and he adopted the new name of Carter-Campbell of Possil.
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