Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

British Army officer, diplomat and politician

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1773

Place of Birth: Lleweni Hall, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1865

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), 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.