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Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB ( c. 1726 – 28 April 1783) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India.
Sir Eyre Coote was a tempestuous yet effective British soldier who served as commander of the East India Company forces in Bengal and as commander in chief in India. Born the sixth son of an Irish Protestant clergyman, Coote served first in the uprising in 1745 of the Jacobites (those who favoured.
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Eyre coot was the person who led English forces for the East India Company in the third Carnatic war. Because of his ideas British won against French forces in the Battle of Wandiwash.
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB ( c. 1726 – 28 April 1783) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India.
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB (1726 – 28 April 1783) was a British soldier. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between British and France.
This monument is erected by the East India Company, as a memorial of the military talents of Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B. Commander in Chief of the British Forces in India, who, by the success of his arms, in the years MDCCLX and MDCCLXI, expelled the French from the coast of Coromandel.
Major-General James Stuart (died 2 February 1793) was a British Army officer who served in various conflicts in India during the 18th century. His service in the East India Company was marked by his conflict with Lord Pigot , the governor of Madras; Stuart's arrest of the latter in 1776 resulted in his suspension as commander-in ...
