Henry John Stedman Cotton [SEP] date of death
Henry Cotton (civil servant)
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, (13 September 1845 – 22 October 1915) had a long career in the Indian Civil Service, during which he was sympathetic to Indian nationalism. After returning to England, he served as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East from 1906 to January 1910.
Early life.
Cotton was born in 1845 in the city of Kumbakonam in the Madras region of India, to Indian-born parents of English descent, Joseph John
died in Leyton in 1825 and was buried at the local parish church.
Family.
He married Sarah Harrison in 1779, and they had 10 children, including William Cotton (a governor of the Bank of England) and John Cotton, who became Chairman of the East India Company. 
He was also grandfather of Henry Cotton (appeals court judge), William Charles Cotton (apiarist) and William Cotton Oswell (explorer) and the great-grandfather of Henry John Stedman Cotton (civil servant in India and Governor