Background
COTTON, Harry Evan Auguste was born on May 27, 1868 in Midnapore, i Bengal. Son of Sir Henry Cotton, i K.C.S. I.
COTTON, Harry Evan Auguste was born on May 27, 1868 in Midnapore, i Bengal. Son of Sir Henry Cotton, i K.C.S. I.
Studied at IMont Liban School, Pau. Sherborne;' Jesus College, Oxford (open scholar, second class ! classical moderations, second class history final school, second class jurisprudence).
Secretary and Treasurer in succession of Oxford Union Society: Barometer Lincoln’s Inn, 1893. Practised at Calcutta Bar for thirteen years. Acted as special correspondent of Manchester Guardian at Delhi Coronation Durbar, 1903, and subsequently as Calcutta correspondent of Daily Nows.
Member of Calcutta Corporation, 1900, and served until retirement from India, 1906. Editor since 1906 of India, the London organ of the Indian National Congress. Contested Dulwich Liberal, 1910. London County Council (P.) East Finsbury since 1910.
Clubs: National Liberal, Eighty, New Reform.
Spouse 1896, Nora,daughter of late William Henry Grimley, Bengal Civil Service.