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Robert Cotton (MP)
Robert Cotton may refer to: *Robert Cotton (MP, died 1559), MP for Leicester *Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), English antiquary and creator of the Cotton Library *Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere (c. 1635–1712), MP for Cheshire *Robert Cotton (MP, born 1644) (1644–1717), English politician *Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Baronet, of Connington (c. 1669–1749) of the Cotton baronets *Sir Robert Cotton, 3rd Baronet, of Combermere (1695–1748), MP for Cheshire and Lostwithiel *Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet, of Combermere (c. 1739–1809), MP for Cheshire *Robert Cotton (cricketer) (1909–1979), English cricketer * Robert Bell Cotton (1859–1917), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives *Sir Bob Cotton (1915–2006), Australian Federal Senator *Bob Cotton (basketball) (1920–1999), American basketball player See also *Cotton (other) {{hndis, Cotton, Robert, Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cotton (MP, Died 1559)
Robert Cotton (by 1504–1559) was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicester (UK Parliament constituency), Leicester in March 1553. References 1559 deaths English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) Year of birth uncertain Mayors of places in Leicestershire {{1553Edward-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, Of Connington
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/71 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington, Huntingdonshire, Conington in Huntingdonshire, England,Kyle, Chris & Sgroi was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library. Origins Sir Robert Cotton was born on 22 January 1571 in Denton, Cambridgeshire, Denton, Huntingdonshire, the son and heir of Thomas Cotton (1544–1592) of Conington (son of Thomas Cotton of Conington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1547) by his first wife, Elizabeth Shirley, a daughter of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. The Cotton family originated at the manor of Cotton, Cheshire, from where they took their surname. They were prominent in Shropshire by the 16th century with centres of power at Alkington, Shropshire, Alkington and Norton in Hales where a member of the family, Rowland Cotton, gave one of the first architectural commissions to Inigo Jones. The family was cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, Of Combermere
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet (''c.'' 1635 – 18 December 1712) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1679 to 1681 and from 1689 to 1702.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert II Cotton, First Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire (c.1635-1712) published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983; accessed October 2017. He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Cotton of Combermere Abbey, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cotton (MP, Born 1644)
Sir Robert Cotton (2 May 1644 – 17 September 1717) was an English politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament from 1679 to 1701 and briefly in 1702. Life He was the third son of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Connington, Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, the second son by Sir Thomas's second wife Alice. He was granted the manor of Hatley, Cambridgeshire, Hatley, Cambridgeshire by his half-brother in 1662, the year of his father's death. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire from 1679 to 1695, for Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency), Newport, Isle of Wight from 1695 to 1701 and briefly for Truro (UK Parliament constituency), Truro in 1702. He was selected as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for Jan–Nov 1688. A Tory (British political party), Tory, he was one of the joint holders of the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Postmaster General position from 1691, after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cotton, all in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Cotton Baronetcy, of Conington in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Cotton, who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Great Marlow, St Germans and Huntingdonshire. The third and fourth Baronets both represented Huntingdon and Huntingdonshire in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1752. The Cotton Baronetcy, of Landwade in the County of Cambridge, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 July 1641 for John Cotton. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge. The third Baronet represented Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Marlborough in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for St Germans, Marlboroug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Cotton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was an English politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; ) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostwi ... from 1741 to 1747.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert II Cotton, First Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire (c.1635–1712) accessed October 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet (''c.'' 1739 – 24 August 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1796. Early life Cotton was the eldest son of Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet, Sir Lynch Cotton. He was educated at Westminster School and Shrewsbury School, then entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1756. He was one of the founders of the Tarporley Hunt Club in 1762.Egerton-Warburton RE. "A short account of the Tarporley Hunt Club, from its foundation in 1762 to the year 1869". In ''Hunting Songs'' (Henry Young & Sons; 1912) (Retrieved 11 May 2010) Domestic life Cotton married Frances Stapleton, daughter and co-heiress of James Ru ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cotton (cricketer)
Robert Henry Cotton (5 November 1909 – 17 January 1979) was an English cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...er. Cotton was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Fast bowling, fast. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. Cotton made two first-class cricket, first-class appearances for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire against Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire and Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex in the 1947 County Championship. Against Lancashire, Cotton was dismissed in Warwickshire's first-innings of 207 for a duck (cricket), duck by Eddie Phillipson, while in Lancashire's first-innings he opened the bowling, though went wicketless from his 25 over (cricket), overs which conceded 80 runs. He wasn't requ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bell Cotton
Robert Bell Cotton (June 8, 1859 - 1917) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Alcorn County, from 1911 until his death. Biography Robert Bell Cotton was born on June 8, 1859, in Tippah County, Mississippi, to James Madison Cotton and Martha Ellen (Bell) Cotton. He married Eldora Wiggs in 1885. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Alcorn County, in 1911 in a special election to choose the successor of W. T. Bennet and served in the 1911 session. He was re-elected to the House in 1911 and 1915. He was a Democrat. He died in Alcorn County, Mississippi Alcorn County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,740. Its county seat is Corinth. The county is named in honor of Governor James L. Alcorn. The Corint ..., in 1917, and was replaced by J. R. Hill. References 1859 births 1917 deaths Democratic Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Cotton
Sir Robert Carrington Cotton, (29 November 191525 December 2006) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1966 to 1978. He held ministerial office as Minister for Civil Aviation (1969–1972), Science and Consumer Affairs (1975), and Industry and Commerce (1975–1977). He later served as Consul-General in New York (1978–1982) and Ambassador to the United States (1982–1985). Early life Cotton was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1915. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and trained as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot in 1942 and 1943, but did not participate in action in World War II as he was seconded to the Department of Supply. Instead Cotton established the timber industry in Oberon, New South Wales as a wartime priority. After the war Cotton became a businessman and pastoralist in Oberon. In 1949 and 1950 he was President of Oberon Shire Council. Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Cotton (basketball)
Robert Weyman Cotton (December 29, 1920 – March 10, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears in the National Basketball League and averaged 1.3 points per game. Cotton also played in various minor leagues after his time in the military during World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... References 1920 births 1999 deaths American men's basketball players United States Army personnel of World War II Basketball players from Texas Centers (basketball) Chicago American Gears players Forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Wichita Falls, Texas Texas Wesleyan Rams men's basketball players 20th-century American sportsmen {{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
