British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars� 1793-1815
Cotton, Stapleton
By: Ron McGuigan
Cotton, Stapleton (14
November 1773 - 21
April 1865)
2nd son of the 5th Baronet. Older brother of Colonel
Lynch Cotton.
2nd Lieutenant 23rd Foot 1790, Lieutenant 77th Foot
1791, 1st Lieutenant 23rd Foot 1791, Captain 6th Dragoons Guards
1793, Major 59th Foot 1794, Lieutenant Colonel 25th Light Dragoons*
1794, Lieutenant Colonel 16th Light Dragoons 1800, Brevet Colonel 1800,
Brigadier General on the Staff 1803-1805, Major General 1805, Lieutenant
General Peninsula 1809,� Lieutenant General 1812, General 1825, Field
Marshal 1855.� * renumbered 22nd Light Dragoons 1802.
Early service: Flanders 1794,
Cape of Good Hope 1796, India
1796-1800 and at Seringapatam 1799. On the staff in Ireland
1803-1805. Cavalry brigade for Hanover
1805, but never embarked.
Portugal
& Spain:
Commanded a cavalry brigade in Portugal
1808-1809.�
Peninsular War: Commanded a cavalry brigade April
- October 1809, second-in-command of the cavalry October 1809 - April
1810,� commanded 1st Division April - June 1810. Commanded all cavalry
in peninsula June 1810 - January 1811 and April - June 1811. Commanded
both the 1st Cavalry Division and also superintended all the cavalry
June 1811 - July 1812 and October - December 1812. Commanded all the
cavalry again June 1813 - April 1814. �Wounded at Salamanca
July 1812.
Other service: Commanded cavalry in France
after Waterloo 1815 and
cavalry of British Contingent Army of Occupation France 1815-1816. Governor
and Commander-in-Chief Barbados
1816-1820. Commander-in-Chief Ireland
1822-1825. Commander-in-Chief India
1825-1830 and captured Fortress of Bhurtpore India
1826. Constable of the Tower 1852-1865.
Change name to Stapleton-Cotton 1827. Succeeded as
6th Baronet 1809. Created Baron Combermere 1814. Created Viscount Combermere
1826.
MP 1806-1814. KB 1812. GCB 1815. GCH 1817. KSI 1861.�
Colonel of �20th Light Dragoons 1813-1818, 3rd Dragoons 1821-1829, 1st
Life Guards 1829-1865.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2006
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