Sydney Cotton

Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton GCB (2 December 1792 – 19 February 1874) was a British Army officer.

Sir Sydney Cotton
Born	2 December 1792
Died	19 February 1874 (aged 81)
Buried	Brompton Cemetery, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	Northern District
Battles/wars	Indian Mutiny
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Born 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]

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London.

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Mount Cotton, Queensland is named after him.

See also

• Rev. Richard Lynch Cotton (1794–1880), younger brother
• Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (1803–1899), younger brother

References

1. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2015.
2. Survey of London, volume 11, edited by Walter H. Godfrey (editor), Published 1927

External links

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

Military offices
Preceded by Sir George Wetherall	GOC Northern District 1865–1866	Succeeded by Sir John Garvock
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir John Pennefather	Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea 1872–1874	Succeeded by Sir Patrick Grant