Constituency Dates
Newcastle-under-Lyme 28 Nov. 1699 – 27 Feb. 1706, 1708 – 1 Feb. 1709, 1710 – 2 June 1715
Family and Education
b. ?1675, 1st s. of Ralph Cotton of Bellaport by Abigail, da. of Sir Thomas Abney, M.P., of Willersley, Derbys. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 22 Apr. 1691, aged 16. m. bef. 1699, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Samuel Sleigh of Etwall, Derbys., 1s. 3da.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Salop 1697 – 98; mayor, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1697 – 98; steward of the manor of Newcastle 1702–7.

Address
Main residences: Etwall, Derbys.; Bellaport, Salop.
biography text

A leader of the Staffordshire Jacobites,1Stuart mss 65/16. Cotton was returned in 1715, but lost his seat on petition, never standing again. He died 29 Apr. 1753.

Author
E.C.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Stuart mss 65/16.