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In July 1918, when a vacancy occurred due to the death of a
Liberal MP, for the parliamentary seat of Finsbury East. Cotton was an obvious candidate to defend the seat for the Liberal Party. Due to the wartime electoral truce, he did not face an official Unionist Party opponent and was comfortably
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Following boundary changes, Evan's
Finsbury East seat was merged with the Unionist seat of Finsbury Central to form a new Finsbury constituency. The Coalition Government chose to publicly endorse the Unionist candidate who was the sitting MP for the old Central seat. This endorsement made Evan's
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and served on an advisory committee at the India Office in connection with the 1919 Act. He was pivot of a small group that supported reforms. However, the changing political environment dampened his spirits. He later became a severe critic of the constitutional changes that led to the
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In all his activities, his primary concern was for India, a country served by four generations in the family. He provided strong support to the
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In 1919 he did not defend his
Finsbury East seat on the London County Council as after the election he was appointed as an Alderman.
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In 1896, he married Nora, daughter of
William H. Grimley of Bengal ICS. They had a daughter.
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prospects difficult and after only 5 months as an MP he was defeated;
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In March 1910 he was elected as a
Progressive Councillor to the
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Who's Who of
British members of parliament, Volume II 1886–1918
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Dulwich in the London area, showing boundaries used in 1910
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List of United
Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
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1201:. legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in. Archived from
224:Evan returned to England in 1906 and joined the
149:, and the Irish-born Mary Ryan, he was born at
117:(27 May 1868 – 7 March 1939), better known as
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1338:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
1080:Murray's Handbook of India, Burma and Ceylon
192:from 1893 to 1908. He served as a member of
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1169:"Henry John Stedman Cotton 1845 – 1915"
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1113:"Cotton, Sir (Harry) Evan (Auguste)"
1323:People educated at Sherborne School
1173:Halhed genealogy & family trees
1199:"West Bengal Legislative Assembly"
200:of 1903 as a correspondent of the
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658:Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell
212:. He undertook the editorship of
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1363:Members of London County Council
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160:He held an open scholarship at
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1072:The Century in India 1800–1900
763:1918 Finsbury East by-election
194:Calcutta Municipal Corporation
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1226:London Municipal Notes, 1913
1127:UK public library membership
1122:. A & C Black.
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1044:Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
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36:Harry Evan Auguste Cotton
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1353:Politicians from Kolkata
1343:Indian National Congress
1292:– 1918 General Election
603:George Masterman Gillett
463:George Masterman Gillett
147:Indian National Congress
1378:Nathaniel Cotton family
1296:constituency abolished
917:General Election 1918:
1076:Hartly House, Calcutta
1049:Round Table Conference
1038:Estimate of the person
1024:Coalition Conservative
948:Coalition Conservative
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681:William George Perring
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162:Jesus College, Oxford
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188:Cotton practised at
170:second class degrees
166:Classics Honour Mods
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819:Capt. H.S. Spencer
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203:Manchester Guardian
190:Calcutta High Court
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1277:Joseph Allen Baker
953:Martin Archer-Shee
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62:Bengal Presidency
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1358:UK MPs 1910–1918
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103:Nora Grimley
78:(1939-03-07)
76:7 March 1939
29:
1318:1939 deaths
1313:1868 births
1183:19 February
836:Independent
815:Independent
731:Progressive
710:Progressive
622:Progressive
589:Progressive
531:Progressive
450:Progressive
420:Progressive
393:Electorate
141:The son of
119:Evan Cotton
66:British Raj
54:27 May 1868
1307:Categories
1129:required.)
1098:References
929:Candidate
773:Candidate
570:Candidate
401:Candidate
256:Candidate
209:Daily News
84:Eastbourne
1241:The Times
1119:Who's Who
991:Majority
854:Majority
751:elected;
696:Majority
517:Majority
318:Majority
280:Bonar Law
151:Midnapore
131:barrister
86:, England
58:Midnapore
1086:See also
1055:Marriage
919:Finsbury
220:Politics
125:, was a
1252:Sources
1209:29 July
1010:13,763
1006:Turnout
971:Liberal
884:Liberal
868:Turnout
792:Liberal
333:Turnout
298:Liberal
246:Dulwich
127:Liberal
994:3,801
980:4,981
957:8,782
932:Votes
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801:1,156
776:Votes
770:Party
685:1,837
662:1,866
639:2,026
608:2,037
573:Votes
567:Party
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467:2,020
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404:Votes
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307:6,054
284:8,472
259:Votes
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100:Spouse
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214:India
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