| 词条 | Sydney Cotton |
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| name = Sir Sydney Cotton | image = | caption = | birth_date = 2 December 1792 | death_date = 19 February 1874 (aged 81) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = Brompton Cemetery, London | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =Lieutenant-General | unit = | commands = Northern District | battles = Indian Mutiny | awards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (2 December 1792 – 19 February 1874) was a British Army officer. Military careerBorn the second son of Henry Calveley Cotton of Woodcote, Oxfordshire, England, and his wife Matilda, daughter and heiress of John Lockwood of Dews Hall, Essex, Cotton joined the British Army in 1810 as a Cornet in the 22nd Light Dragoons. He served extensively in Australia (1835 to 1842) and India (1810 to 1835 and 1842 to 1863, including service throughout the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58). For his frontier services Cotton was appointed KCB and after returning to England he became General Officer Commanding Northern District in July 1865.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant-General in 1866 and, after publishing "Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India from 1854 to 1863" in 1868, he was advanced to GCB in 1872. He was Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1872 until 1874.[2] He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Mount Cotton, Queensland is named after him. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands|accessdate=25 November 2015}} 2. ^Survey of London, volume 11, edited by Walter H. Godfrey (editor), Published 1927 External links
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