Cotton, John Richard, Sir, 1909-2001, Knight, diplomat
Biographical notes:
1929 commissioned; 1930-1934 8th King George’s Own Light Cavalry (IA); 1934-1947 Indian Political Service (served in Aden, Abyssinia, Persian Gulf, Rajputana, Hyderabad, Kathiawar, Baroda, New Delhi); 1947 OBE and transferred to HM Foreign Service; 1947-1948 First Secretary, Karachi; 1949-1951 Foreign Office; 1951-1954 Commercial Counsellor, HM Embassy, Madrid; 1954-1955 Consul-General, Brazzaville; 1955-1957 Consul-General, Leopoldville; 1957-1962 Commercial Counsellor, HM Embassy, Brussels; 1962-1965 Consul-General, São Paulo; 1965-1969 Ambassador to Kinshasa, Congo Republic (later Zaire), and to Burundi; 1969 KCMG; 1970-1981 Adjudicator, Immigration Appeals.
Epithet: diplomat
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0001a0
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- Middle East, Asia (as recorded)
- Rajputana, India (as recorded)
- Chattisgarh States, India (as recorded)
- Punjab, India (as recorded)
- Makran, Iran and Baluchistan (as recorded)
- Baluchistan, Pakistan (as recorded)
- Hazara, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
- Punjab Hill States, India (as recorded)
- Orissa States, India (as recorded)
- Punjab States, India (as recorded)
- Aden, Yemen (as recorded)
- Bahawalpur State, India (as recorded)
- Goa, India (as recorded)
- Manipur State, India (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier Province, India (as recorded)
- Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
- Udaipur State, India (as recorded)
- Waziristan, Pakistan (as recorded)
- Kathiawar, Western India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Ethiopia, Africa (as recorded)
- Jaipur State, India (as recorded)
- Bharatpur State, India (as recorded)
- Kolhapur State, India (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
- Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
- Bahrain, Persian Gulf (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Gujarat, India (as recorded)
- Abu, Rajputana (as recorded)
- Gilgit, Kashmir (as recorded)
- Baroda State, India (as recorded)
- Quetta, Baluchistan (as recorded)
- Rajkot State, India (as recorded)
- Ajmer-Merwara, India (as recorded)
- Assam, India (as recorded)
- Jacobabad, Sind (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Iran, Asia (as recorded)
