Robert Craufurd

Major-General Robert Craufurd
Major-General Robert Craufurd
Nickname(s)	Black Bob
Born	5 May 1764; Newark Castle, Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Died	23 January 1812 (aged 47); Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major general
Relations	Craufurd baronets

Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British officer. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands, in 1810 in the Napoleonic Peninsular War he was given command of the Light Division, composed of the elite foot soldiers in the army at the time, under the Duke of Wellington. Craufurd was a strict disciplinarian and somewhat prone to violent mood swings which earned him the nickname "Black Bob". He was mortally wounded storming the lesser breach in the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo on 19 January 1812 and died four days later.