Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet GCB (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was a Scottish soldier who served as an officer in the British Army.

Archibald was born 12 March 1769, at Glen Lyon, Perthshire,[4] and educated at Tonbridge School, Kent, England.

[7] One of Archibald's maternal great-uncles was Major-General John Small who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

[5] Archibald grew up at Carie, formerly part of the Robertson estate on the south shore of Loch Rannoch within the parish of Logierait.

Campbell was appointed colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot (in which post he was succeeded by Field Marshal Sir John Forster FitzGerald, GCB) and went to India with it.

For his Peninsula service, Campbell was awarded the Army Gold Cross with one clasp for the battles of Albuera, Vitoria, the Pyrenees, the Nivelle, and the Nive.

[11] In December 1824, Campbell and his 10,000 men decisively defeated the 15,000 strong Burmese forces led by General Maha Bandula in the final battle of Yangon.

Thousands of Burmese soldiers were cut down under British gunfire and exploding Congreve rocket fire.

[10] The Burmese retreated to their rear base at Danubyu in the Irrawaddy Delta, 60 miles (97 km) from Yangon.

In late March 1825, Campbell ordered a 4000 strong British force, supported by a flotilla of gun boats, to take Danubyu.

[12] With the Burmese army in disarray, Campbell marched north to Upper Burma, and took the ancient capital of Pagan (Bagan) in early February 1826.

After Campbell's forces took the village of Yandabo, about 50 miles (80 km) from the capital Ava (Innwa), on 16 February, the Burmese finally agreed to full British demands "without discussion".

The Burmese agreed to cede to the British Assam, Manipur, Arakan and Tenasserim; stop all interference in Cachar and Jaintia; and pay an indemnity of one million pounds sterling.

[2] Campbell received the thanks of Parliament, the governor-in-council and the British East India Company gave him a gold medal and a pension of £1000 per annum for life.