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COTTON, SIR SYDNEY JOHN, second son of Henry Calveley Cotton (d. 1837, qv); b. 2 Dec 1792; adm. Jan 1805 (Lusus Alteri Westmon., iii, 52); left 1805; Cornet, 22nd Light Dragoons, 19 Apr 1810; Lieut., 13 Feb 1812; Capt., 1 Jan 1820; half-pay 25 Jul 1820; 3rd Foot (The Buffs), 2 May 1822; Maj., 41st Foot, 18 Jan 1828; 28th Foot, 25 Mar 1836; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; Lieut. -Col., 28th Foot, 8 Jan 1843; 22nd Foot, 2 Dec 1847; Brevet Col., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Col., 10th Foot, 14 Dec 1858; Maj. -Gen., 26 Oct 1858; Col., 10th Foot, 5 Feb 1863; Lieut. -Gen., 20 Apr 1866; Governor of Chelsea Hospital, 10 May 1872; KCB 24 Mar 1858; GCB 24 May 1873; served at almost every station where European troops were located in the three Indian presidencies; commanding in Peshawar Valley as 1st class Brigadier at outbreak of Indian Mutiny, and did good service on North-West Frontier; author, Nine Years on the North-West Frontier from 1854 to 1863, 1868, and other works; m. 1820 Marianne, dau. of Capt. --- Hallack, 22nd Light Dragoons [not found in Army List : was surname Hackett ? : a contemporary of his in 22nd Light Dragoons was Lieut. William Hackett]; d. 20 Feb 1874. DNB.

COTTON, THOMAS; b.; adm. 31 May 1771; in school list 1771.

COTTON, WILLIAM, son of Philip Cotton, Drayton, Shropshire, and his first wife Beatrice --- (IGI); bapt. Mucklestone, Staffs. 17 Aug 1689; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, aged 18, scholar 14 Apr 1711; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; of Salter’s Hall, Shropshire; m. 26 Oct 1719 (IGI) Catherine Holbrooke; d. 1734.

COTTON, WILLIAM, son of Rowland Cotton MP, Etwall, Derbs., and Mary, dau. of Sir Samuel Sleigh, Kt, Etwall, Derbs.; bapt. Etwall, Derbs. 1 Feb 1700 (IGI); adm. (aged 16) Apr 1718; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Mar 1718/9; of Bellaport Old Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire, and of Etwall Hall, Derbs.; m. 14 Jun 1742 Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Webster; d. Jan 1776.

COTTON, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cotton, Crakemarsh, Staffs., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Milner, Alderman of Leeds, and sister of Sir William Milner, Bart.; bapt. 4 Jun 1719; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1733/4; left 1736; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1736; BCL 17 Jan 1752; DCL 1754; adm. Gray’s Inn 11 Mar 1733 and to Middle Temple 12 Dec 1739, called to bar 13 May 1743; ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 23 Jun 1753 (both Lichfield); of Crakemarsh Hall, Staffs.; m. 16 Oct 1755 Hester Maria, only child of Sir Charles Tyrell, Bart.; d. 7 Jun 1782.

COTTON, WILLIAM, third son of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); bapt. 19 Oct 1777; adm. 25 Feb 1788; entered Army; Ensign [date and regt. ?]; Lieut. 1 Apr 1795; 32nd Foot 1 Oct 1795; Nantwich Volunteers 1 Jun 1797; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 15 Apr 1795, matr. Mich. 1797; LLB 1801; ordained; Vicar of Audlem and Chaplain of Burleydam, Cheshire, 18 Oct 1802-36; Rector of Hinstock, Shropshire, 10 Apr 1810; Rector of Adderley, Shropshire, 17 Mar 1820 (still 1829); d. unm. 16 Jun 1853.

COTTRELL, EDWARD, son of Charles Cottrell, York, and Catherine ---; bapt. St. Martin’s, Coney Street, York 13 Feb 1746/7; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1761. [Parents presumably Charles Cotterel and Catherine Preston, who m. at New Malton, Yorks., 5 May 1743 (IGI)].

Couchman, Charles John, son of Edwin Couchman, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex; b. Aug. 11, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1902; an electrical engineer and wireless contractor. Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn, of Letheringsett, Norfolk, by Kate May, daughter of Frederick Wilkinson, of Manchester; b. Oct. 26, 1909; adm. Sept. 20, 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; London School of Economics, London Univ.; B.Sc. (Econ.) 1935; Lecturer, Workers Educational Assn. 1939-40; Professor of Economics, Ogle­ thorpe Univ., Georgia 1946-61; 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fus. Dec. 21, 1940; transferred to R. A. C. May 1, 1942; Major; M.B.E. (Mediterranean) June 21, 1945; m. July 14, 1956, Anne Stephanie, daughter of Harold Bowler, of Wimbledon.

Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn of Letheringsett, Nor­folk, and Kate May, d. of Frederick Wilkinson of Manchester; b. 26 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; LSE, BSc 1935; Lane. Fusiliers 1940, RAC 1942-5 (Maj.), MBE (Med.) June 1945; Prof. of Economics Oglethorpe Univ., Ga, USA 1946-61; a schoolmaster in England 1961; m. 14 July 1956 Anne Stephanie, d. of Harold Bowler of Wimbledon; d. Feb. 1996.

COULSON, ---; b.; in school lists 1795, 1797.