Family and Education
bap. 2 May 1644, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bt., of Conington Castle, Hunts., being 1st surv. s. by 2nd w. Alice, da. and h. of Sir John Constable of Dromanby, Yorks., wid. of Edmund Anderson of Eyworth, Beds.; half-bro. of John Cotton I. m. lic. 4 July 1663, ‘aged 21’, Gertrude (d. 17 Aug. 1701), da. of William Morice I of Werrington, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Kntd. 3 June 1663.F. A. Blaydes, Gen. Bed. 110; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster 337; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 171; Top. and Gen. iii. 40.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Cambs. 1664 – 80, 1689 – 90, j.p. 1672 – Mar. 1688, 1689 – d., commr. for recusants 1675; freeman, Cambridge 1679; dep. lt. Cambs. 1685 – Mar. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. Jan. – Nov. 1688; commr. for pontage, Cambridge 1692.
Jt. postmaster gen. 1691–1708.
Main residence: Hatley St. George, Cambs.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
COTTON, Sir Robert I (1644-1717)
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Oxford 1644
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