See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EYRE, EDWARD JOHN (1815-1901)
• EYRE, SIR JAMES (1734-1799)

EYRE See also:

• SIR EYRE COOTE (1726-1783)

COOTE (1726-1783)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, the son of a clergyman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick, and entered the 27th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment . He saw active service in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and some years later obtained a captaincy in the 39th regiment, which was the first British regiment sent to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In 1756 a See also:

• PART

part of the regiment, then quartered at See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, was sent forward to join See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive in his operations against See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, which was re-occupied without difficulty, and See also:

• COOTE, SIR EYRE (1726-1783)

Coote was soon given the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major for his See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good conduct in the surprise of the Nawah's See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . Soon afterwards came the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• PLASSEY (Palasi)

Plassey, which would in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability not have taken See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place but for Coote's soldierlyadvice at the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war; and after the defeat of the See also:

• NAWAB

Nawab he led a detachment in pursuit of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French for 400 M. under extraordinary difficulties . His conduct won him the rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel and the command of the 84th regiment, newly-raised for See also:

• INDIAN

Indian service, but his exertions seriously injured his See also:

• HEALTH

health . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1759 Coote's regiment arrived to take part in the decisive struggle between French and See also:

• ENGLISH

English in the Carnatic . He took command of the forces at Madras, and in 176o led them in the decisive victory of See also:

• WANDIWASH

Wandiwash (See also:

• JANUARY

January 22) . After a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the remnants of See also:

• LALLY, THOMAS ARTHUR, COMTE DE

Lally's forces were shut up in See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry . For some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason Coote was not entrusted with the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege operations, but he cheerfully and loyally supported See also:

• MONSON, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1569-1643)

Monson, who brought the siege to a successful end on the 15th of January 1761 . Soon afterwards Coote was given the command of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's forces in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, and conducted the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of a serious dispute between the Nawab Mir Cassim and a powerful subordinate, and in 1762 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, receiving a jewelled See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour from the Company and other rewards for his See also:

• GREAT

great services . In 1771 he was made a K.B . In 1779 he returned to India as lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general commanding in See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief .

Following generally the policy of See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings, he nevertheless refused to take sides in the quarrels of the council, and made a See also:

• FIRM

firm stand in all matters affecting the forces . Hyder See also:

• ALI

Ali's progress in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern India called him again into the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, but his difficulties were very great and it was not until the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1781 that the crushing and decisive defeat of See also:

• PORTO

Porto Novo struck the first heavy See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow at Hyder's schemes . The battle was won by Coote under most unfavourable conditions against odds of five to one, and is justly ranked as one of the greatest feats of the British in India . It was followed up by another hard-fought battle at Pollilur (the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of an earlier See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph of Hyder over a British force) on the 27th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, in which the British won another success, and • by the rout of the See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore troops at Sholingarh a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month later . His last service was the arduous See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1782, which finally shattered a constitution already gravely impaired by hardship and exertions . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EYRE, EDWARD JOHN (1815-1901)
• EYRE, SIR JAMES (1734-1799)

Eyre Coote died at Madras on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1783 . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected to him in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . For a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Coote see Twelve British Soldiers (ed . See also:

• WILKINSON, JAMES (1757–1825)
• WILKINSON, JAMES JOHN GARTH (1812-1899)
• WILKINSON, JOHN (1728-1808)
• WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER (1797—1875)
• WILKINSON, TATE (1739—1803)

Wilkinson, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1899), and for the battles of Wandewash and Porto Novo, consult See also:

• MALLESON, GEORGE BRUCE (1825-1898)

Malleson, Decisive Battles of India (London, 1883) . An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Coote may be found in Wilk's See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Sketches of Mysore (181o) .