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COTTON, STAPLETON, 1ST VISCOUNT COMBERMERE, second son of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Nov 1773; adm. 28 Jan 1785; at school four years; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot, 26 Feb 1790; 1st Lieut., 13 Apr 1791; Capt., 6th Dragoon Guards, 28 Feb 1793; Maj., 59th Foot, 1794; Lieut. -Col., 25th Light Dragoons, 9 Mar 1794; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1800; Lieut. -Col., 16th Light Dragoons, 14 Feb 1800; served in Flanders 1793-4, at Cape Town 1795, in campaign against Tippoo Sahib 1799, and in Dublin during Emmett’s insurrection 1800; Brig. -Gen., 11 Feb 1804; Maj. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; commanded allied cavalry during part of Peninsular War; wounded at Salamanca 1812; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812; Col., 20th Light Dragoons, 27 Jan 1813 – Jan 1821 [check]; took part in Pyrenees Campaign, 1813-4; commanded allied cavalry in France, 1815-6; Governor of Barbados 1816-20; Col., 3rd Dragoons, 25 Jan 1821 – Sep 1828; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1822-5; Gen., 27 May 1825; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 9 Feb 1825 - 1 Jan 1830; captured city of Bhurtpore, 28 Jan 1826; Col., 1st Life Guards, from 16 Sep 1829; Constable of the Tower (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) from 11 Oct 1852; Field-Marshal, 2 Oct 1855; MP Newark 1806 - 17 May 1814; succ. father as 6th baronet 24 Aug 1809; KB 21 Aug 1812; created Baron Combermere 17 May 1814, with annuity of £2000 p. a. for two generations; GCB 2 Jan 1815; GCH 1817; Governor of Sheerness 25 Jan 1821 – still 1829; Privy Councillor (I) 21 Nov 1822; created Viscount Combermere 8 Feb 1827; DCL Oxford Univ. 23 Jun 1830; Privy Councillor 16 Dec 1834; KCSI 19 Aug 1861; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1801 Lady Anne Maria Pelham-Clinton, eldest dau. of Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle, Major-Gen. in the Army; m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1814 Caroline, second dau. of Capt. William Fulke Greville RN; m. 3rd, 2 Oct 1838 Mary Woolley, dau. of Thomas Gibbings MD, Gibbings Grove, co. Cork; d. 21 Feb 1865. DNB.

COTTON, SIR ROBERT SALUSBURY, BART. , eldest son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth Abigail, younger sister of William Cotton (adm. 1733/4, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1749/50 (as Robert Cotton) (Morel's); in school list 1754; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1756; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Aug 1775; MP Cheshire 1 Mar 1780-96; Maj. , Cheshire Militia 15 Apr 1771; FRS 24 Nov 1774; m. 1767 Frances, dau. of Col. James Russell Stapleton, Bodrhyddan, Flintshire; d. 24 Aug 1809, aged 70.

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, 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.

COTTER, ROGERSON, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA and 10th Wrangler 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; called to Irish bar (King’s Inns) Trin. 1773; MP (I) Charleville 1783-97, 1798-1800; m. Sep 1794 Jane, widow of William Grady, and dau. of Richard Harrold, Limerick; d. 19 Feb 1830.

CORRY, THOMAS CHARLES STEWART, son of Thomas Corry, Fairfield, co. Monaghan, and Rebecca, dau. of William Stewart MP (I), Bailieborough House, co. Cavan; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1799 (Clapham); left Oct 1801; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Dec 1801, aged 16; Cornet, 13th Dragoons 6 Aug 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 5 Oct 1804; retd. 1808; of Rockcorry Castle, co. Monaghan; High Sheriff, co. Monaghan 1807; MP co. Monaghan 18 Nov 1807-12, 10 Apr 1813-8; m. Sep 1804 Anne Grace, dau. of Sir John Dillon, Bart., MP (I), Lismullen, co. Meath; d. 17 Jan 1844.

CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.

CORBETT, THOMAS GEORGE, eldest son of William Thompson Corbett, Darnhall, Cheshire, and Jane Eleanor, eldest dau. of Gen. George Ainslie; b. 29 Jul 1796; adm.; left 1808; readm. 1811; left 1813; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1815; BA 1819; MA 1834; MP Lincolnshire North (Cons) 1835-7; of Elmshall Hall, Brigg, Lincs.; DL JP Lincolnshire; m. 15 Dec 1836 Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk, youngest dau. of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St. Albans; d. 25 Jul 1868.

CORBET, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Edward Corbet, Leighton, Shropshire, and Hon. Anne Newport, dau. of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport; bapt. 2 Sep 1640; adm. 9 May 1656 (school list, 1656); a boarder in the Head Master’s house; succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet [check date]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1658; FRS 3 May 1665; MP Shrewsbury Mar 1677 - Mar 1681; chairman, Committee of Elections, House of Commons; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1661/2 Victoria, eldest dau. of Sir William Uvedale, Kt, Wickham, Hants.; d. 1 Aug 1683.