Cotton, Willoughby, Sir, 1783-1860, Knight, army officer
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1798 ensign in the 3rd foot guards; 1799 lieutenant, captain; 1805 served in Hanover; 1807 served in Denmark, deputy assistant adjutant-general of the reserve; ? 1810 and 1813 served in the Peninsular War; 1811 captain, lieutenant-colonel; 1821 lieutenant-colonel in the 47th foot in India, brevel colonel; 1824-1826 served in Burma; 1828 exchanged to the 14th foot in Bengal; 1830 major-general; 1829-1834 commander of troops in Jamaica; 1838 knighthood; 1838-1839 Bengal Division of the army of the Indus; 1839 served in the First Anglo-Afghan War, colonel of the 98th foot; 1840 GCB; 1841 lieutenant-general; 1847-1850 commander-in-chief and second member of council in the Bombay presidency; 1854 general, colonel of the 32nd foot.
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Trichinopoly, Madras
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India, Asia
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Bombay, India
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Cuddapah, Madras
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Madras, India
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Hyderabad State, India
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Rangoon, Myanmar
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Vellore, Madras
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India, Asia
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Anantapur, Madras
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Travancore State, India
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Ava, Burma
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Kyimindaing, Burma
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Kanara District, Madras
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Kolhapur State, India
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Mysore State, India
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Coimbatore, Madras
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Iran, Asia
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Tanjore, Madras
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San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa
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Sauroren, Spain
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Rangoon, Myanmar
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