Always a "Lady"
I guess you could say with regards to the person I'm honouring today, that once you become a "Lady", you are always one - even if your husband has died and you've remarried. ELIZABETH REID COTTON Elizabeth was born in Tasmania in 1842, the eldest of 3 children to Arthur Thomas Cotton and his wife Elizabeth. Arthur was a British General and irrigation engineer and came from a military family. He spent a great deal of time in British India constructing canals and entered the Madras engineers in 1818 fighting in the First Burmese war in 1819. Arthur devoted his life to the construction of canals and dams throughout India from 1825. He continued until ill health meant a move to Australia. By 1850 he was back in India with renewed vigour building more ambitious projects until his retirement in 1861 where he was considered one of the most revered people in India. He was knighted that year. Elizabeth spent most of her childhood in Madras, India and upon the family r...