James Sutherland Cotton, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 20… (1911)
“ He returned to England in 1753 in the same ship with Clive, with whom he formed a close friendship. From 1754 to 1758 he was a member of council at Madras, in which capacity he largely influenced the sending of Clive to Calcutta to avenge the catastrophe of the Black Hole. ”
