Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Viscount Combermere GCB GCH KSI PC
Governor of Barbados
In office 1817–1820
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	John Foster Alleyne (acting)
Succeeded by	John Brathwaite Skeete (acting)
Personal details
Born	14 November 1773 Lleweni Hall, Denbighshire
Died	21 February 1865 (aged 91) Clifton, Bristol, Bristol
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Westminster School
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order Knight Companion of the Order of the Star of India
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1790–1830
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	25th Light Dragoons 16th Light Dragoons Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Commander-in-Chief, India
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Peninsular War

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB GCH KSI PC (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer, he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur—a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable.