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About Eyre Coote
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician who represented Leicester and Poole in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the Bengal Army in India, where his victory at the Battle of Wandiwash was considered a turning point in the struggle for control over the region between Britain and France. Coote was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur.
Everything about Eyre Coote →- Occupation
- military personnel, politician, lieutenant general
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1726
- Died
- April 28, 1783