Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)

Sir Eyre Coote KB
Member of Parliament for Poole
In office 1774–1780
Preceded by	Joshua Mauger Thomas Calcraft
Succeeded by	Joseph Gulston William Morton Pitt
Personal details
Born	1726 (1726) Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	28 April 1783(1783-04-28) (aged 56–57) Madras (now India)
Resting place	St Andrew's Church, Rockbourne, Hampshire England
Awards	Order of the Bath
Nickname	Coote the Brave
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain East India Company
Branch/service	British Army Bengal Army
Years of service	1745–1783
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	84th Regiment of Foot Commander-in-Chief of India
Battles/wars	Jacobite Rebellion Second Carnatic War Seven Years' War Second Anglo-Mysore War Battle of Plassey

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. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between Britain and France. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur (Coote the Brave).^[1]