Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Politician

1773 – 1865

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Who was Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere?

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC, was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur—a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable.

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Born
Nov 14, 1773
Lleweni Hall
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
Education
  • Westminster School
Died
Feb 21, 1865
Clifton, Bristol

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on July 23, 2013

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