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Cotton, Ambrose Alexander, 1764-1846
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1764-1846
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.