INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Cotton.
retired, 1903, M.P.(L), for Nottingham East, 1906-10; President of the Indian National Congress, 1905; Publications: Memo, on the Rev. History of Chittagong, 1880; Memo. on the Land Tenure of Bengal, 1884; New India or India in Transition, 1885; revised and enlarged editions, 1904-7; Indian and Home Memories, 1911. Address 45, St. John’s Wood Park. N.W. Clubs: Savile, National Liberal.
Cotton, J. J. M.A., I.C.S., District and Sessions Judge; s. of Sir Henry Cotton; (q.v.); educ: Corpus Christi College, Oxford; joined service, 1883; rose to the position of Collector and District Magistrate, 1907; District and Sessions Judge. 1910; is much interested in the study of antiquities and genealogy in India. Publications: Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras. Address: Rajahmundary; Godavari Dt., Madras Presidency.
Cotton, James Sutherland, M.A.; editor revised edition of the Imperial Gazeteer of India; b. Coonoor, 1847 s. of J. J. Cotton, late Madras Civil Service; m. Isabella, d. of John Carter, Clifton, Bristol, 1873; Educ: Magdalen Coll. School; Brighton Coll.; Winchester Coll. Oxford; Scholar of Trin. Coll.; Fellow and Lecturer of Queen’s Coll. Oxford; 1st class Classical Moderations: 1st class Final Classical School; Hon. Secretary, Egypt Exploration Fund; late editor of The Academy; Publications: Decennial Report on the Moral and Material Progress of India, 1885; India in Citizen Series, 1883; Elphinstone, in Rulers of India Series, 1892; Quinquennial Report on Education in India, 1898; editor of Paterson’s Practical Statutes. Address: 13 Warwick Mansions, Cromwell Crescent, S W. Club: Savile.
Coughlan, Cornelius, V.C. Mutiny Veteran; s. of Edward Coughlan; b. 1828; educ; at Eyrecourt, Co. Galway; served as Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Colour-Sergeant and Serg-Major in the 75th regt. for 21 years, and as Serg-Major in the Connaught Rangers for 21 years; was present at the siege of Delhi (when he won V.C. for acts of bravery), and relief of Lucknow. Address: Altamount Street, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland,
Coventry, Bernard, C.I.E. (1892), Director, Agricultural Research Institute, and Principal, Agricultural College, Pusa: b. 1859; s. of late John Coventry of Burgate House, Fordingbridge, Hants; m. 1892, Ella Gordon, d. of E. Dalgliesh, of Brook, Witley, Surrey; educ; at Beamount College; Came out and joined the indigo industry in India 1881; at one time manager and part proprietor of the Dalsingh Sarai Indigo Concern in Behar; started an agricultural research station on modern lines, 1899; appointed first. Publications: various reports on agricultural and industrial matters, and articles on Rhea and Flax published in the Agricultural Journal of India. Address: Pusa, Bengal, India,
Coutts, Hon, Mr. W. C.; Nominated Member, Imperial Legislative Council, representing Bihar; Appointed, 14th October 1914. Address: Patna, India.
Cowie, D. W. G., M.A., I.C.S. (Bar-at-Law) Collector of Madras: educ. Balliol College, Oxford; Joined Service, 1886; Assistant Collector of Godaveri, 1887;
