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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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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 Willoughby
	Year of Death	1783
	Entry	Son of Admiral Rowland Cotton : cousin of Lord Combermere : born in 1783 : educated at Rugby (where he led a rebellion) : entered the Guards, 1798 : served in Hanover, 1805: Copenhagen, 1807; I in the Peninsula, 1809-14 : went to India in 1821 : commanded a Brigade in the first Burmese war, 1825-6 : Maj-General and K.C.H., 1830 : commanded in Jamaica, 1829-34 : commanded the Bengal Division of the Army of the Indus, 1838- 9 : K.C.B., 1838 : at Ghazni : left Kabul in 1839 for another command : G.C.B., 1840 : Lt-General, 1841 : C. in C. at Bombay, April, 1847, to Dec. 1850 : General, 1854 : Colonel of the 98th foot : and later of the 32nd foot : died May 4, 1860.

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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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