Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cotton, Sir Henry John Stedman

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3057028Dictionary of Indian Biography — Cotton, Sir Henry John StedmanCharles Edward Buckland

COTTON, SIR HENRY JOHN STEDMAN (1845–)

I.C.S. : son of J. J. Cotton, Madras Civil Service : born Sep. 13, 1845 : educated at Magdalen College School, Brighton College, and King's College, London : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1867 : held numerous appointments until he became Secretary to the Bengal Government, Revenue Department, 1888; Secretary in the Financial Department, 1889; Chief Secretary, 1891–6; acting Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1896 : Chief Commissioner of Assam, 1896–1902, when he retired: K.C.S.I., 1902 : has since sought to influence the public mind by his letters to the Times in opposition to Lord Curzon's policy in Tibet : author of New India, or India in Transition, besides official publications.