Editing Percy Cox (section)

==Family and early life==
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Cox was born in Harwood Hall, [[Herongate]], [[Essex]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Percy Cox {{!}} British diplomat {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Percy-Cox |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> one of seven children born to Julienne Emily ({{nee}} Saunders) Cox and cricketer [[Arthur Button (cricketer)|Arthur Zachariah Cox]] ({{ne}} Button). He was educated initially at [[Harrow School]] where he developed interests in natural history, geography, and travel. In February 1884, being his father's third son and therefore without significant inheritance, Cox joined the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and was commissioned as a [[Lieutenant]] into the [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)|Cameronians]], joining their 2nd Battalion in [[India]]. In November 1889, an outstanding planner, he transferred to the [[Bengal Staff Corps]]. On 14 November 1889 he married Louisa Belle, youngest daughter of Irish-born surgeon-general John Butler Hamilton.