Sir Geers Henry Cotterell, 3rd Baronet (22 August 1834 – 17 March 1900) was a Whig politician.

Early life

Cotterell was the second son of Sir John Henry Cotterell (who had died before his birth and was heir apparent to Sir John Cotterell, 1st Baronet) and Hon. Pyne Jesse Trevor, daughter of

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and Pyne Crosbie. After his father's death, his mother married Granville Harcourt Vernon, MP, son of Most Rev.

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and Lady Anne Leveson-Gower, in 1845. He was educated at

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and

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, and succeeded to the Baronetage of Garnons on 17 February 1847, upon the death of his brother John Henry Cotterell.

Career

Cotterell was elected Whig MP for

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at the 1857 general election and held the seat until 1859, when he stood down. Outside of politics, Cotterell was High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1863, as well as a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace for the same county.

Personal life

He married in 1865 Honorable Katherine Margaret Airey, daughter of Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey, and Harriet Mary Evard Talbot. The Hon. Lady Cotterell died in 1896. They had at least three children: * John Richard Geers Cotterell (1866–1937), who married Lady Evelyn Gordon-Lennox, daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, in 1896. * Alice Cotterell (d. 1924), who died unmarried. * Louisa Cotterell Cotterell died in

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, on 17 March 1900 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cotterell, Geers Henry Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 1834 births 1900 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High sheriffs of Herefordshire Deputy lieutenants of Herefordshire English justices of the peace Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Harrow School