Willoughby Cotton
Sir Willoughby Cotton | |
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Order of the Dooranee Empire |
Family
Willoughby Cotton was born in 1783, to Vice-Admiral Rowland Cotton and Elizabeth Aston. They also had a daughter, Sydney Arabella Cotton. Rowland Cotton was from a well-established Chester family, was the second son of Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, while Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, 5th Baronet Aston, of Aston, Chester.[1]
Cotton married Lady Augusta Maria Coventry on 16 May 1806 in Marylebone, London. They had three children together, Augusta Mary Cotton, Willoughby Cotton and Maj.-Gen. Corbet Cotton.[1]
School years
Willoughby Cotton entered
Military career
Cotton entered the Third Guards (renamed the
Cotton was deployed to the Iberian Peninsula in April 1809, where he served as Adjutant-General to the
During his career, Cotton played major roles in the
In fiction
Cotton, appears as a character in George MacDonald Fraser's novel Flashman, set during the First Anglo-Afghan War.[12] He is portrayed as a competent general, who is also jovial and popular.
References
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- ISBN 978-1-4738-1532-2.
- ^ Hart, H. G. The new army list and militia list London: John Murray, 1855, p. 83.
- ^ Challis, L. S. Peninsula Roll Call Unpublished. Royal United Services Institute, 1949.
- ^ a b Philippart, J. The royal military calendar or army service and commission book Vol. 4 (3rd Ed) London: A. J. Valpy, 1820, pp. 364–365.
- ^ Gronow, R. H. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow. London: Smith, Elder & co., 1862, p. 16.
- ^ "The (Almost) Complete Cotton Family Tree". Combermere Abbey. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ The India Office The India list and India Office list for 1905. London: Harrison and sons, 1905, p. 117.
- ^ Lodge, E. The peerage of the British Empire. (2nd Ed) London: Saunders and Otley, 1833, p. 117
- OCLC 29733.)
We crossed the Kabul River bridge and when I had reported myself and bathed and changed into my regimentals I was directed to the general commanding, to whom I was to deliver despatches from Elphy Bey. His name was Sir Willoughby Cotton, and he looked it, for he was round and fat and red-faced.
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