2-631-689 - Historic England/Heritage Images

Portrait of Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere, British soldier, 1839. Stapleton Cotton (1773-1865) was Wellington's commander of cavalry during the Peninsular War, distinguishing himself particularly at the Battle of Salamanca. He was not present at Waterloo where command of cavalry went to Lord Uxbridge. He is shown here as Colonel of 1st Life Guards, an honorary court position he was given in 1829. From the collection of Apsley House, London.