Cotton, Stapleton, Sir, 1773-1865, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer
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1790 second lieutenant, 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers; 1791 first lieutenant; 1793 joined 6th carabiniers; 1793-1794 served in the French Revolutionary Wars; 1794 major in the 59th foot, then lieutenant-colonel of the 25th light dragoons (Gwyn's hussars); 1799 served in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War; ? 1800 joined the 16th light dragoons; 1800 colonel; 1805 major-general; 1806-1814 MP for Newark; 1808-1809 and 1810-1812 served in the Peninsular War; 1810 commander of the 1st division, then of the whole of the allied cavalry; 1812 knighthood, lieutenant-general; 1813-1818 colonel of the 20th light dragoons; 1814 baronetcy; 1815-1816 commander of the allied cavalry in Belgium, later France; 1815 GCB; 1817-1820 governor of Barbados and commander-in-chief in the Leeward Islands; 1821-1829 colonel of the 3rd light dragoons; 1821-1852 governor of Sheerness; 1822-1825 commander-in-chief in Ireland; 1825 general; 1825–1830 commander-in-chief in India; 1827 viscount; 1829 colonel of the 1st Life Guards; 1852–1865 Constable of the Tower of London; 1855 field marshal.
Epithet: army officer
Title: 1st Viscount Combermere
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- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- Attock, the Punjab (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Philippines, Asia (as recorded)
- Ava, Burma (as recorded)
- Ramree, Burma (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Black Sea, Asia (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Bhurtpoor, India (as recorded)
- Brazil, South America (as recorded)
- Fermanagh, county of, Ireland (as recorded)
- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Iran, Asia (as recorded)
- Brenzett, Kent (as recorded)
- River Indus, India (as recorded)
- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Fort William, Calcutta (as recorded)
- Kinross, Perth and Kinross (as recorded)
- Hameerpore, India (as recorded)
- Sauroren, Spain (as recorded)
- Java, Indonesia (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Belgium, Europe (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Rajputana, India (as recorded)
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
- Cawnpore, India (as recorded)
- Medellin, Estremadura (as recorded)
- Maynooth, Kildare (as recorded)
- Agra, India (as recorded)
- Sicily, Italy (as recorded)
- Cavan, county of, Ireland (as recorded)
- Shahpur, Sind (as recorded)
- Odessa, Ukraine (as recorded)
- Greece, Europe (as recorded)
- San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa (as recorded)
- Malacca, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Bengal, India (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Penang, Malaysia (as recorded)
- Assaye, India (as recorded)
- Hong Kong, China (as recorded)
- Madagascar, Africa (as recorded)
- Bechuanaland, Africa (as recorded)
- Gujrat, the Punjab (as recorded)
- Nagpur, Central Provinces (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Satara, Bombay Presidency (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Glasgow, Scotland (as recorded)
- Gwalior, India (as recorded)
- Canton, Kwangtung, China (as recorded)
- Bharatpur, India (as recorded)
- Bharatpur, India (as recorded)
- Ferozepore, the Punjab (as recorded)
- Singapore, Asia (as recorded)
- Chunderee, India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Bharatpur, India (as recorded)
- Borinda Pass, Himalaya Mountains (as recorded)
- Central India, India (as recorded)
