General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet GCB (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was an officer of the
British Army. From 1824 to 1826, Gen. Campbell commanded the British forces in the
First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in
British Indian history, that gave the British control of
Assam,
Manipur,
Cachar,
Jaintia,
Arakan and
Tenasserim. He became known as the "Hero of
Ava". From 1831 to 1837, he was the administrator of the colony of
New Brunswick,
Canada.