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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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