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.