Cosby, Henry, 1743-1822
Variant namesBiographical notes:
1756 volunteer, served at the capture of Gheria; 1760 joined East India Company's Madras regiment; c 1761 lieutenant; 1764 served at Madura; 1767 captain, commander of 6th battalion of Madras sepoys; 1771 governor of Vellore; 1772 brigade major; 1773 lieutenant-colonel, first adjutant-general in Madras; 1778 commander of the nawab of Arcot's cavalry and attached troops; 1783 knighthood; 1786 colonel of the 4th Madras Europeans; 1796 major-general (antedated to 1793); 1816 lieutenant-general (antedated to June 1799).
Epithet: army officer in India
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000221
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- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Anjengo, Travancore, Madras (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Jumna River, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Arcot State, India (as recorded)
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (as recorded)
- Manila, Philippines (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Deccan, India (as recorded)
- Tanjore, India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Jidda, Saudi Arabia (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Masulipatam, Madras (as recorded)
- Chandernagore, Bengal (as recorded)
- Chinsura, Bengal (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Kabul, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Kandahar, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Fort St David, India (as recorded)
- Tanjore, Madras (as recorded)
- Hooghly Town, Bengal (as recorded)
- Saint Helena, Africa (as recorded)
- Aleppo, Syria (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Trichinopoly, Madras (as recorded)
- Bom-Rauze, India (as recorded)
- Basra, Iraq (as recorded)
- Bihar, India (as recorded)
- Murshidabad, Bengal (as recorded)
- Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- Patna, India (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Vellore, Madras (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Dacca, India (as recorded)
- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Malabar Coast, Madras (as recorded)
- Surat, Bombay (as recorded)
- Bom-Rauze, India (as recorded)
- Srirangam, Madras (as recorded)
- Plassey, India (as recorded)
- Chingleput, Madras (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Madura, Madras (as recorded)
- Cossimbazar, Bengal (as recorded)
- Satara, Bombay (as recorded)
