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COTTON, AMBROSE ALEXANDER, fourth son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (adm. 1727, qv); b. 11 Jul 1764; adm. 22 Jan 1777; in school lists 1781; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 May 1782, matr. Mich. 1782; BA 1786; MA 1789; ordained deacon (Peterborough, lit. dim. from Ely) 17 Dec 1787, priest (Ely) 21 Dec 1788; Vicar of King’s Langley, Herts., 3 Feb 1791-1807; Rector of Meesdon, Herts., 1791-1812; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1793, still 1797; Rector of Girton, Cambs., from 24 Jan 1807; Rector of Great Hallingbury, Essex, 17 Apr 1812-38; present at battles of Glorious First of June and Cape St. Vincent; m. 16 Jun 1807 Maria, dau. of Jacob Houblon, Hallingbury Place, Essex; d. 9 Mar 1846.

COTTON, SIR CHARLES, BART., third son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (adm. 1727, qv); b. 21 Jun 1753; adm. 5 Mar 1767; left Midsummer 1773 (sic); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jan 1770; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Deal Castle 24 Oct 1772; Lieut., 29 Apr 1777; Cdr., 3 Apr 1779; Post Capt., 10 Aug 1779; Rear-Adm., 20 Feb 1797; Vice-Adm., 29 Apr 1802; Adm., 28 Apr 1808; took part in Howe’s victory on 1 Jun 1794 and in retreat of Cornwallis 16 Jun 1795; in command in the Tagus 1807-8 and in the Mediterranean 1810; Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet, 1811; succ. his father as 5th baronet 23 Jan 1795; m. 27 Feb 1788 Philadelphia, dau. of Adm. Sir Joshua Rowley, Bart., Royal Navy; d. 23 Feb 1812. DNB.

COTTON, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; left 1734. [Presumably brother of, or close kin to, Robert Salusbury Cotton (qv), adm. same month]

COTTON, EDWARD, sixth son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (adm. 1727, qv); b. 19 Mar 1769; adm. 29 Oct 1778; left 1786; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1786, matr. Mich. 1786; LLB 1792; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Mar 1793; Tancred Orator 1794, 1798; Collector of Customs, Grenada, West Indies; d. unm. in Nevis, West Indies, 13 Oct 1810.

COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH, only son of Capt. Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, 7th Foot, and Mary Headley Burnley, Halifax, Nova Scotia; grandson of George Cotton (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1825; KS 1828; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, scholar 1833, matr. Mich. 1832; 8th Classic and 40th Senior Optime 1836; BA 1836; MA 1839; DD 1858 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jun 1858); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1838, Major Fellow 1839; Assistant Master, Rugby School, 1837-52 (the “young master” of Tom Brown’s Schooldays); Headmaster, Marlborough Coll., 1852-8; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1839, priest 9 Jun 1839 (both Worcester); Bishop of Calcutta from 1858; consecrated in Westminster Abbey 13 May 1858; established schools for the education of poor European and Eurasian children; m. 26 Jun 1845 his cousin Sophia Anne, dau. of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire, Vicar of Acton, Cheshire; accidentally drowned in the Ganges at Kushtia 6 Oct 1866. DNB.

COTTON, GEORGE, brother of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); b.; at school under Markham; a boarder at Mrs Morell’s, where he occupied the same bedroom as Jeremy Bentham (qv), who recounts that after his admission to College Cotton “became an occasional visitor, sometimes for days together at the boarding house, where he had formerly lived, and resumed his former situation of bedfellow to (William) Mitford” (qv) (Bentham, Works, x, 28); Min. Can. (aged 12) 1756; KS 1757; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Easter 1761; BA 1765; MA 1768; LLD 1787; ordained; Rector of Stoke on Tern, Shropshire 1773 - still 1797; Dean of Chester from 10 Feb 1787; Rector of Davenham, Cheshire, 21 Mar 1787-97; Rector of Dodleston, Cheshire, from 28 Jan 1797; m. 1771 Katherine Maria, eldest dau. of James Tomkinson, Dorfold Hall, Cheshire; d. 10 Nov [or Dec ?] 1805.

COTTON, HENRY CALVELEY, eldest son of Henry Calveley Cotton (qv); b. 25 Mar 1789; adm.; in school list May 1803, Oct 1803; left 1805; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1806; BA 1810; MA 1813; ordained; Rector of Hinstock, Shropshire, 30 Mar 1820 (still 1829); Vicar of Penn, Bucks., 1813-23; Vicar of Great Ness, Shropshire, 27 Sep 1823; m. 24 May 1815 Eloisa, dau. of William Mostyn Owen MP, Woodhouse, Shropshire; d. 4 Oct 1850.

COTTON, HENRY CALVELEY, brother of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); b. ; at school under Smith (Steward Anniversary Dinner, 1788); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Apr 1773, aged 17, matr. Lent 1774; adm. Middle Temple 20 Nov 1772, called to bar 5 May 1780; Ensign, 27th Foot, 29 Jun 1778; Lieut. , 9 Jun 1784; Capt. , 31 Jan 1792; 1st Life Guards; retd. 1795; Receiver-Gen. , Cheshire, from 1795; of Woodcote House, Oxfordshire; DCL Oxford Univ. 6 Jul 1810; m. 14 Apr 1788 Matilda, only dau. of John Lockwood (qv); d. 15 May 1837, aged 81.

COTTON, HENRY, son of Rev. William Cotton, Vicar of Chicheley, Bucks.; b. 31 Mar 1790; adm.; in school list May 1803; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 12 May 1807, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1810; BA 1811; MA 1813; DCL 1820; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1832; Sub-Librarian, Bodleian Library, 1814-22; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxford, 6 Feb 1818-23; Domestic Chaplain to Most Rev. Richard Laurence, Archbishop of Cashel, 1823; Prebendary of Cashel 1 Oct 1823 - Jun 1824, Archdeacon of Cashel 19 Jun 1824-50; Treasurer, Christ Church, Dublin, 12 Jun 1832; Dean of Lismore 16 Dec 1834 - Oct 1849; author, Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae, 1845-78, and other works; m. 29 May 1818 Mary Vaughan, dau. of Most Rev. Richard Laurence DCL, Archbishop of Cashel; d. 3 Dec 1879. DNB.

COTTON, H. L.; b.; in school list May 1803; left 1803.