Cotton, Sydney John, Sir, 1792-1874, Knight, army officer

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1810 cornet in the 22nd light dragoons; 1812 lieutenant; 1816-1817 served in the Pindari Wars; 1822 joined 3rd regiment (the Buffs); 1820s aide-de-camp and military secretary to Lord Combermere, commander-in-chief in India; 1828 major in the 41st in Burma, exchanged to the 28th in New South Wales; 1841 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1843 reigmental lieutenant colonel; 1848 exchanged to the 22nd foot; 1853-1854 served at the north-west frontier; 1854 brevet colonel; ?1854 exchanged to the 10th foot; ?1857 knighthood; 1858 major-general; 1863 colonel of the 10th foot; 1866 lieutenant-general; 1869 honorary colonel of the 1st Cheshire rifle volunteers; 1872 governor of the Royal Hopsital, Chelsea; 1873 GCB.

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Title: Knight

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creatorOf CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR CHARLES HENRY BROWNLOW, G.C.B. (b. 1831, d. 1916), mostly relating to campaigns on the North-West Frontier; 1851-1876. See History of the 20th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis, 191..., 1851-1876 British Library
creatorOf Vol. L (ff. 199). Nov. 1848-1851.includes:f. 1 Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet; Inspector-General of Hospitals, Army Medical Service: Letter to Sir C. J. Napier: 1848: Signed. f. 3 Lieutenant Robert Maxwell Johnstone, Bombay Army: Letter to Sir C. J... British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXXII (ff. 281). 1852, 1853, n.d.includes:ff. 1-25b John George Phillimore, QC: Memorandum by: [1852?]: Copy. ff. 1-25b, 44-45b India: Papers rel. to claims for Sind prize money: 1852. f. 40 Admiral Edward Hawker: Letter to Sir C. J. Napier: 185..., 1852-1853 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XLI (ff. 234). 1842-May 1843.includes:ff. 1, 106 Captain Daniel Hefferman Considine, Madras Army: Letters to Sir C.J. Napier: 1842, 1843.f. 3 Marianne A. Kelly, wife of J P Kelly, Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Presidency: Letter to Sir C.J. Napi... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Robert Montgomery, Bengal Civil Service, 1827-65; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab 1859-65, 1849-1865 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CC (ff. 349). Oct. 1841-Jan. 1842.includes:ff. 1, 3, 32, 32b William Lowther, Viscount Lowther; 2nd Earl of Lonsdale: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1830-1842. f. 2 Philip Courtenay, QC: Letter to Lord Lowther: 1841. f. 4 Christopher Hughes,... British Library
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associatedWith Cotton, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1803-1899, Knight, army officer and irrigation engineer person
associatedWith Cotton, Stapleton, Sir, 1773-1865, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer person
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North-Western Provinces, India
India, Asia
Roree, India
Karachi, India
India, Asia
Dabha, Bombay Presidency
Punjab, India
Cawnpore, India
India, Asia
India, Asia
Allahabad, United Provinces
Delhi, India
Oudh, India
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Death 1874

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