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 on Feb. 1, 1797 : did not proceed to India : his services were required as Viceroy and C. in C, Ireland, to crush the rebellion of 1798 : defeated the French there under General Humbert : supported the Act of Union, but resigned the Viceroyalty in 1801, when the King declined to agree to Catholic Emancipation : deputed to negotiate the Peace of Amiens, 1802. In 1805 he was re-appointed Governor-General and C. in C. in India, and assumed charge on July 30 : sent out to inaugurate a pacific regime instead of the expansive policy of Lord Wellesley. But it was too severe a tax on his age and health. On his way up-country, in pursuit of his pacific policy, he died at Ghazipur, Oct. 5, 1805. Statues were erected in his honour at Calcutta and Madras.

CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744–1819)

Son of Charles, first Earl Cornwallis : entered the Navy, 1755 : engaged constantly during his service, in N. America, the Mediterranean, W. Indies, etc., until, in 1789, he went out to India as naval C. in C. : in 1791, when there was war against Tippoo, he insisted on searching French ships for contraband of war, and, when war against France broke out, he seized French ships, Chandernagore and Pondicherry: returned to England, 1794, and saw further service in the Channel and the W. Indies : G.C.B. : died July 5. 1819.

CORRIE, THE RIGHT REV. DANIEL (1777–1837)

Bishop : son of John Corrie : born April, 1777 : educated privately, at Clare Hall, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Exhibitioner) : ordained, 1802 : went to CalCutta as a Bengal chaplain, 1806 : appointed to various chaplaincies up-country, and did mission work also : was Senior Chaplain in Calcutta, 1817 : Archdeacon in 1823 : thrice, as Commissary, carried on the administration of the diocese on the deaths of Bishops : was the first Bishop of Madras from 1835 to his death on Feb. 5, 1837 : was LL.D.; Bishop Corrie's Grammar School in Madras, and his statue in the Cathedral there perpetuate his memory. He was a friend of Charles Simeon and Henry Martyn at Cambridge.

COSBY, SIR HENRY AUGUSTUS MONTAGU (1743–1822)

Son of Captain Alexander Cosby : born in 1743 : was a volunteer at the capture of Gheria, the fort of the pirate Angria, in 1756 : was in Coote's attack on Pondicherry, 1760–1 : at the captures of Vellore and Madura, at Rajamundry, at the Chengama Pass, Errore, Arlier, and Vellore again : Adjutant-General : at the siege of Tanjore in 1773 : served against the Chitore Poligars, 1777 : commanded, in 1778, the Nawab of Arcot's cavalry, and led it against Hyder Ali with success : made prisoner at the Cape on his way to England, 1782, but soon released : knighted in 1782 : Brig-General in India, 1784–6 : held commands at Trichinopoly and Tinnivelly : to England, 1786 : Lt-General : died Jan. 17, 1822.

COTES, SARA JEANETTE ( ? - )

Born in Canada : daughter of Charles Duncan, merchant : married Everard Cotes, Press Correspondent with Government of India, Simla : was on the staff of Washington Post, Toronto Globe, and Montreal Star. Author of A Social Departure (Letters from Japan), An American Girl in London, The Simple Adventures of a Mem-Sahib, The Story of Sonny Sahib, On the other Side of the Latch, Those Delightful Americans, His Honour and a Lady, etc., etc.

COTTON, SIR ARTHUR THOMAS (1803–1899)

Irrigation Engineer : son of Henry Calverley Cotton : born May 15, 1803 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Madras Engineers, arriving there 1821 : in the first Burmese war, 1825–6 : led storming parties : from 1828 employed upon irrigation works in Southern India, in the Cavery, Coleroon, Godavery and Krishna rivers, making anicuts (dams) on the Coleroon (1835–6), for the irrigation of the Tanjore, Trichinopoly, and South Arcot Districts : the anicut on the Godavery, below Rajamundry, for the irrigation of the Godavery district, 1847–52 : he projected the anicut on the Krishna, which other officers carried out. These works have been found invaluable in improving the condition of the people and the food supply, and averting famine, besides being very successful financially :