Lieutenant-General David Pott in staff uniform, 1875 (c)

Miniature portrait in watercolour on card, probably by John Moffat (1819-1894), 1875 (c). The portrait is painted on a carte de visite of John Moffat, portraitist and photographer of 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh.

David Pott (1812-1881) joined the 55th Bengal Native Infantry in 1829 but was posted to the 47th Bengal Native Infantry later that year. He served in the First Sikh War of 1845-1846, commanding the regiment at Badhowal, Aliwal and at Sobraon, where his horse was shot from under him. Pott was commanding the regiment at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and helped to keep it loyal when fighting the rebels in the Mirzapur district in 1857-1858. He was promoted lieutenant-general in 1874 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1875.