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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.