Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet (c. 1635 – 18 December 1712) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1679 to 1681 and from 1689 to 1702.
In 1677 he was made Baronet of Combermere in the County Palatine of Chester.
After he was accused of treasonable correspondence with the Electress of Hanover, Sophia, in 1685 he was committed to the Tower of London by the Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department. He was eventually cleared of the charges.[1]
Family
He 1684 he married Hester Salusbury, daughter and sole heir of Royalist politician and soldier Sir Thomas Salusbury. As a result, the family's seat at Combermere Abbey was enhanced with the Llewenni Estate in Denbighshire, northeast Wales.[2]The couple had the following known issue:
- Hugh-Calveley Cotton, who married Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir William Russel, Bart.
- Hugh-Calvely died before his father and left an only daughter, Catherine, who married Thomas Lewis, Esq. of St Pierre, Monmouthshire.[3]
References
- ↑ Stapleton Cotton, Stapleton Cotton & Knollys 1866, p. 8-9.
- ↑ Stapleton Cotton, Stapleton Cotton & Knollys 1866, p. 2.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 254.
- Bibliography
- Stapleton Cotton, Mary Woolley; Stapleton Cotton, Stapleton; Knollys, William Wallingford (1866). Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-marshal Viscount Combermere, from his family papers, by Mary Viscountess Combermere and W.W. Knollys.
- ThePeerage.com
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Portraits of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Philip Egerton and Hon. Henry Booth |
Member of Parliament for Cheshire 1679–1681 With: Hon. Henry Booth |
Succeeded by Sir Philip Egerton and Thomas Cholmondeley |
| Preceded by Sir Philip Egerton and Thomas Cholmondeley |
Member of Parliament for Cheshire 1689–1702 With: Sir John Mainwaring, Bt. |
Succeeded by Sir George Warburton, Bt. and Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt. |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet (of Combermere ) 1677–1712 |
Succeeded by Thomas Cotton |