Robert_Cotton_(MP)
Robert Cotton (MP)
English politician
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.
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He was the third son of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, the second by Sir Thomas's second wife Alice. He was granted the manor of Hatley, Cambridgeshire by his half-brother in 1662, the year of his father's death.
He sat as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1679 to 1695, for Newport, Isle of Wight from 1695 to 1701 and briefly for Truro in 1702.[1] He was selected as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for Jan–Nov 1688.
A Tory, he was one of the joint holders of the Postmaster General position from 1691 after the dismissal of John Wildman.[2]
- "COTTON, Sir Robert I (1644-1717), of Hatley St. George, Cambs". The History of Parliament. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1679–1695 With: Sir Levinus Bennet, Bt 1679–1693 The Lord Cutts 1693–1695 |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1695–1701 With: The Lord Cutts 1695 & 1698–1699 Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bt 1695–1698 Henry Greenhill 1699–1701 |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Truro 1702 With: Henry Vincent |
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