Henry Cotton (civil servant)
Member of Parliament, Author | |
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Political party | Liberal Party |
Spouse(s) | Mary, Lady Cotton (née Ryan) |
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, .
Early life
Cotton was born in 1845 in the city of
In 1848, he left India to be educated in England. He entered Magdalen College School in 1856, Brighton College in 1859, and King's College London in 1861. After his graduation from college, he took and passed the Indian Civil Service Examination.
Career
Cotton joined the
He later served in Chuadanga, where he witnessed the great flood of 1871. In 1872 he was posted to Calcutta, and in 1873 he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Bengal Government by
Cotton eventually rose to be
Cotton supported
On his return to England, Cotton was elected
Personal life
In 1867 in
Cotton met and married Ryan having seen a picture of her taken by pioneering photographer
Two of his sons, Evan and Julian, also made careers in the civil service in India. Cotton's grandson, Sir John Cotton (1909–2002), was Ambassador to the Congo Republic and Burundi and the last of six generations of Cottons to serve in colonial administration in India.[12]
He was an active writer and activist on behalf of Indian rights until the end of his life, despite ill health and financial difficulties. In 1911 he published his memoirs, Indian and Home Memories. Sir Henry Cotton died at his home in St John's Wood, London, in October 1915.
References
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "N", part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Sir Henry Cotton (1911). Indian & Home Memories. London: T. Fisher Unwin. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Relationship Calculator: Henry John Stedman Cotton relationship to Henry Cotton". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Relationship Calculator: Henry John Stedman Cotton relationship to William Cotton Oswell". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "The Viceroy's visit to Assam". The Times. No. 36089. London. 14 March 1900. p. 5.
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4197.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36908. London. 25 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Indian National Congress Session and its President". AICC, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ "Henry John Stedman Cotton 1845 - 1915". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (22 September 2015). "Julia Margaret Cameron: soft-focus photographer with an iron will". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir John Cotton". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2016.