Sir Willoughby Cotton

(1783-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Cotton, Sir Willoughby (1783-1860) Knight General DNB: Cotton, Sir Willoughby (1783-1860), army officer LBT ID: WiCotto1860	B/BAP: 1783 DIED: 1860-05-04
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
He fought in the Napoleonic wars, in Burma (1825-26) and in the Afghan War (1838-39), and was governor of Jamaica (1829-34).
REFERENCES TO Sir Willoughby Cotton: Henry Havelock to John Murray, 19 October 1839 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXIV.