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  • Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)
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  • 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. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur (Coote the Brave).
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serviceyears
  • 1745
term start
  • 1774
Birth Date
  • 1726
constituency MP
  • Poole
Commands
Branch
death place
  • Madras
Nickname
  • Coote the Brave
Name
  • Sir Eyre Coote
Birth Place
  • Limerick, Ireland
Title
  • Commander-in-Chief, India
  • Colonel of the 27th Regiment of Foot
  • Colonel of the 37th Regiment of Foot
  • Member of Parliament for Maryborough
  • Member of Parliament for Poole
Awards
term end
  • 1780
death date
  • 1783
Rank
  • Lieutenant General
Allegiance
  • Great Britain
Battles
Successor
Before
alongside
  • Joshua Mauger
Years
  • 1761
  • 1771
  • 1773
  • 1774
  • 1779
After
laterwork
  • Member of Parliament for Poole
honorific prefix
  • Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable
Predecessor
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  • 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. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur (Coote the Brave).
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