Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

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Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, was a prominent British Army cavalry commander and field marshal who distinguished himself in the Napoleonic Wars and later served as a colonial governor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
field marshal
human
viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
allegiance British Army
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa
Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
surface form: Knight of the Order of St. Ferdinand

Order of the Tower and Sword
surface form: Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword
burialPlace St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1773-11-14
dateOfDeath 1865-02-21
educatedAt Westminster School
familyName Cotton
father Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet
givenName Stapleton
hasTitle Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Stapleton Cotton, Bt

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere self-link
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
militaryRank field marshal
general
mother Frances Stapleton
nobleTitle Baron Combermere
Viscount Combermere
notableWork capture of Bharatpur (Bhurtpore) in 1826
command of British cavalry in the Peninsular War
participantIn Battle of Salamanca
Battle of Talavera
Battle of Vitoria
surface form: Battle of Vittoria

French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
placeOfBirth Cheshire
Combermere Abbey
placeOfDeath Colchester
Essex
positionHeld Commander‑in‑Chief, India
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Constable of the Tower of London
Governor of Barbados
Governor of Barbados and the Leeward Islands
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire
Member of Parliament for Cheshire
Member of Parliament for Newark
religion Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Anna Maria Clinton
Caroline Greville
Mary Woolley Gibbings

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Combermere Barracks, Windsor namedAfter Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
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this entity surface form: Sir Stapleton Cotton, Bt
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere hasTitle Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere hasTitle Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere self-link