<P> This is a list of people who were the military Commander - in - Chief, India until 1947 . The rank and title are the final ones for the officer's career and not necessarily applicable to his tenure as Commander - in - Chief, India . </P> <P> Commanders - in - Chief have been: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Name </Td> <Td> Notes </Td> <Td> Appointed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major - General Stringer Lawrence (1697--1775) </Td> <Td> Foiled French plans to conquer southern India . Reorganized the Madras Army . </Td> <Td> 1748 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General John Adlercron (1691--1766) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1754 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major - General Robert Clive (1725--1774) </Td> <Td> Established the military supremacy of the East India Company in southern India and Bengal . </Td> <Td> 1756 December </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General John Caillaud (1726--1812) </Td> <Td> Active in southern India against the French until 1759 when he was dispatched to Bengal . </Td> <Td> 1760 February </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General John Carnac (1716--1800) </Td> <Td> Defeated the Delhi Emperor near Bihar . </Td> <Td> 1760 December </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General Sir Eyre Coote (1726--1783) </Td> <Td> Captained the 39th Regiment, the first British regiment sent to India . </Td> <Td> 1761 April </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major Thomas Adams (1730--1764) </Td> <Td> Officiating </Td> <Td> 1763 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General John Carnac (1716--1800) </Td> <Td> 2nd time appointment as Commander - in - Chief . Promoted to Brigadier - General during this time . </Td> <Td> 1764 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General Sir Hector Munro (1726--1805) </Td> <Td> Suppressed sepoy mutiny at Patna . Won the victories of Buxar against Shuja - ud - Dowlah, the nawab wasir of Oudh, and Mir Kasim, which ranks amongst the most decisive battles ever fought in India . </Td> <Td> 1764 July </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General John Carnac (1716--1800) </Td> <Td> 3rd appointment as Commander - in - Chief . Defeated the Maratha Empire in the Doab . </Td> <Td> 1765 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major - General Robert Clive (1725--1774) </Td> <Td> 2nd time appointment as Commander - in - Chief . Conquered Bengal from Nawab Siraj ud Dullah . </Td> <Td> 1765 May </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General Richard Smith (1734--1803) </Td> <Td> Exerted considerable influence in the East India Company, and was a prominent creditor of the Nawab of Arcot . </Td> <Td> 1767 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General Sir Robert Barker (1732--1789) </Td> <Td> Signed a treaty with the Rohillas against the Maratha Empire . </Td> <Td> 1770 March </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colonel Charles Chapman (1716--1795) </Td> <Td> Civil servant of the East India Company who studied tribal ethnicities and cultures, and reported his findings to the Bengal Government . </Td> <Td> 1773 December </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigadier - General Alexander Champion (d . 1793) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1774 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General Sir John Clavering (1722--1777) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1774 November </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General Giles Stibbert (d . 1804) </Td> <Td> Officiating </Td> <Td> 1777 October </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General Sir Eyre Coote (1726--1783) </Td> <Td> Reappointment . Won the Battle of Porto Novo against odds of five to one, regarded as one of the greatest feats by the British in India . </Td> <Td> 1779 March </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lieutenant - General Giles Stibbert (d . 1804) </Td> <Td> Reappointment </Td> <Td> 1783 April </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General Sir Robert Sloper (1729--1802) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1785 July </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General The Earl Cornwallis (1738--1805) </Td> <Td> Promulgated the Permanent Settlement of Bengal . Served twice as Governor - General of India . </Td> <Td> 1786 September </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General Sir Robert Abercromby (1740--1827) </Td> <Td> Officiating </Td> <Td> 1793 October </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major - General Charles Morgan (1741--1818) </Td> <Td> Officiating </Td> <Td> 1797 January </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke (1744--1832) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1798 May </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Name </Td> <Td> Notes </Td> <Td> Appointed </Td> </Tr>

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