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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Cotton | | First Name(s) | Sir Sydney | | Year of Birth | 1792 | | Year of Death | 1874 | | Entry | Son of Henry Calverley Cotton, and brother of Sir Arthur T. Cotton (q.v.) : born Dec. 2, 1792 : arrived in India in a regiment of Dragoons, 1810 : served in the Madras, Bombay, and Bengal Presidencies for many years : in the Pindari war, 1817-8 : in Burma, 1828 : in Sind, under Sir C. Napier, 1842-3 : in the Carnatic and Mysore : on the Staff in Madras and Bangalore : commanded in various stations and was A.D.C. to Lord Combermere and Military Secretary : commanded on the N.W. frontier in 1853, in the Kohat Pass, against the Afridis and, later, the Mohmands : was, in the mutiny, Brig- General at Peshawar and, owing to his foresight and decision, there was no serious disturbance there�""the right man for the place "" : commanded an expedition against the fanatical colony of Sitana : Maj-General and K.C.B., 1858 : commanded the N.W. district in England : Lt-General, 1866 : Governor of Chelsea Hospital, 1872 : G.C.B., 1873 : died Feb. 20, 1874 : he was a thorough soldier, an officer of unusual energy and activity : he wrote Nine Years on the N.W. Frontier, 1854-63, and ""on The Central Asian Question."" |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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