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Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Sir Arthur Cotton Death Anniversary

General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton
 General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton KCSI was a British general and irrigation engineer. Cotton devoted his life to the construction of irrigation and navigation canals throughout British India. 
 
Born: 15 May 1803, Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, United Kingdom
 
Died: 24 July 1899, Dorking, United Kingdom
 
Battles and wars: First Anglo-Burmese War
 
Rank: General officer
 
Siblings: Richard Lynch Cotton, Sydney Cotton
 
Children: Elizabeth Cotton, Lady Hope
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