Honours and Pension
Nott's services were highly commended; he was immediately appointed Resident at Lucknow, was presented with a Sword of Honour, and was appointed GCB. In 1843 he returned to Britain, where the directors of the East India Company voted him a pension of £1,000 per annum (equivalent to £83,000 pa in 2008).
He died at Carmarthen in January 1845.
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