C. W. E. Cotton

Charles William Egerton Cotton CSI CIE (14 August 1874 – 6 September 1931) was a British civil servant of the Indian civil service who served as Chief Secretary of Madras and the Agent of the Governor-General for the Madras States.

Cotton arrived in India on 8 December 1898 and served as Assistant Collector and magistrate in the Madras Presidency.

After serving as Collector of Customs and Director of Industries in the early 1920s, Cotton was, in 1923, appointed the Governor-General's first agent for the Madras States and stationed at Trivandrum in the state of Travancore.

On 29 September 1924, Cotton inaugurated the first session of the Pudukkottai Legislative Council.

He died on 5 September 1931 at the age of fifty-seven and was buried in St. Mary's Church, Chennai.