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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.

COTTON, SIR JOHN HYNDE, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Cotton, Bart., Madingley Hall, Cambs., and Elizabeth, dau. and coheiress of Sir Joseph Sheldon, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; at school under Knipe (nominated Steward of Anniversary Dinner for 1752, although he died before dinner took place); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 29 Sep 1701; MP Cambridge 1708-22, Cambridgeshire 1722-7, Cambridge 1727-41, Marlborough from 1741; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Jan 1712/3; a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations 7 Jul 1712 – 13 Dec 1714; Treasurer of the Chamber 24 Dec 1744 – May 1746; a prominent Tory politician; m. 1st, 21 May 1714 Lettice, dau. of Sir Ambrose Crowley Kt MP, Greenwich, Kent, Sheriff of London; m. 2nd, Margaret, widow of Samuel Trefusis MP, Trefusis, Cornwall, and third dau. of James Craggs MP, Postmaster-General; d. 4 Feb 1752, aged 63. DNB.

COTTON, SIR JOHN HYNDE, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1727; in school list 1735; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Jan 1735/6, matr. 1736; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40, travelling with Henry Vernon (qv); MP St Germans 1741-7, Marlborough 18 Feb 1752 - 61, Cambridgeshire 22 Mar 1764-80; succ. father as 4th baronet 4 Feb 1752; DCL Oxford Univ. 7 Jul 1763; member Society of Dilettanti 1741; m. 1 Jul 1745 his cousin Anne, second dau. of Humphrey Parsons MP, Reigate, Surrey, Lord Mayor of London, brewer; d. 23 Jan 1795.

COTTON, JOHN, eldest son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (adm. 1727, qv); b. 15 Sep 1749; in school lists 1764, 1765; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Dec 1766, aged 18, matr. Easter 1767; d. 31 Jul 1781.

COTTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in 1575 (Chapter Muniments 25122).