COTTER, Sir Ludlow (eld. son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, 4 baronet of Rockforest, Mallow, Cork, b. 1828). b. Dublin 11 June 1853; knighted by the Queen at Windsor castle 12 Dec. 1874 in accordance with a special privilege contained in the patent as the eldest son of a baronet. d. Rockforest 24 Nov. 1882.
COTTERILL, Right Rev. Henry (son of Rev. Joseph Cotterill, R. of Blakeney, Norfolk, who d. 14 Feb. 1858 aged 78). b. Ampton, Suffolk 1812; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., Bell’s scholar, fellow 1835; senior wrangler and first Smith’s prizeman 1835, B.A. 1835, M.A. 1836, D.D. 1857; chaplain at Madras 1836–47; vice principal of Brighton college 1847–51, principal 1851–56; bishop of Grahamstown 4 Nov. 1856 to 26 April 1871 when he was elected co-adjutor bishop of Edinburgh; bishop of Edin. April 1872 to death; author of The Seven ages of the Church 1849; The Genesis of the Church 1872; Does science aid faith in regard to creation 1883 and many other works. d. Manor place, Edin. 16 April 1886.
COTTINGHAM, Nockalls Johnson (elder son of Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, architect 1787–1847). b. 1823; an architect; assisted his father, especially in restoration of Hereford cathedral where he designed the reredos 1847; a designer for stained glass. Lost in the steamship Arctic which foundered about 50 miles from Cape Race on her way from Liverpool to New York 27 Sep. 1854.
COTTLE, Joseph. b. 1770; bookseller at Bristol 1791–99; published several of the works of the Lake poets Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth; author of Malvern Hills 1798, 4 ed. 1829; Alfred, an epic poem 1800, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1804; John the Baptist, a poem 1801; The fall of Cambria, a poem 2 vols. 1808, 2 ed. 1811; Early recollections chiefly relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2 vols. 1837–39, 2 ed. 1847. d. Fairfield house, Knowle near Bristol 7 June 1853. Pen and ink sketches, 2 ed. (1847) 165–74; J. Cottle’s Early recollections (1837), portrait.
COTTON, Corbet. b. 10 Aug. 1808; ensign 19 foot 9 April 1825; assistant adjutant general of cavalry at head quarters 21 Aug. 1854 to 4 Oct. 1859; colonel 101 foot 29 Dec. 1873 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. d. 65 Warwick sq. Belgravia, London 30 April 1885.
COTTON, Francis Vere (son of Henry Calveley Cotton of Woodcote, Oxfordshire, who d. 15 May 1831 aged 81). b. 16 June 1799; entered navy, May 1814; captain 23 Nov. 1841; placed on retired list 4 June 1855; retired admiral 30 July 1875. d. Alport house, Whitchurch, Salop 30 Jany. 1884.
COTTON, Right Rev. George Edward Lynch (only son of Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, captain 7 fusiliers, who was killed at Nivelle near Bayonne 13 Nov. 1813). b. Chester 29 Oct. 1813; ed. at Westminster and Trin. coll. Cam., fellow 1838, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839, D.D. 1858; assistant master at Rugby 1837–52, ‘the young master’ of Tom Brown’s School Days; master of Marlborough 1852–58 which he completely reorganised; bishop of Calcutta 29 March 1858 to death; consecrated in Westminster abbey 13 May 1858, installed 14 Nov. 1858; established schools in Bengal for educating the middle classes; author of numerous sermons, charges and other works; drowned at Kushtiâ on the Gorai river 6 Oct. 1866, body never found. Memoir of G. E. L. Cotton edited by Mrs. Cotton, new ed. (1872); Macmillan’s Mag. xv, 102–111 (1866); I.L.N. xxxii, 525 (1858), portrait.
COTTON, Very Rev. Henry. b. Bucks 1790; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch, Ox., reader in Greek 1810, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1813; sub-librarian at the Bodleian library 1814–22; a student of Ch. Ch.; domestic chaplain to archbishop of Cashel 1823; preb. of Killardriffe, Cashel 1 Oct. 1823 to 19 June 1824; archdeacon of Cashel 19 June 1824; treasurer of Ch. Ch. cathedral, Dublin 12 June 1832; dean of Lismore 16 Dec. 1834 to 1850; author of A list of editions of the Bible in English from 1505 to 1820, with specimens of translations 1821, 2 ed. 1852; A typographical gazetteer attempted 1824, 2 ed. 1831, second series 1866; The five books of Maccabees in English 1833; Fasti ecclesiæ Hibernicæ 5 vols. 1845–78; The four gospels and the acts of the apostles with short notes 1857, and many other works. d. Lismore 3 Dec. 1879.
COTTON, Very Rev. James Henry (2 son of Very Rev. George Cotton 1742–1805, dean of Chester). b. the deanery, Chester 8 Feb. 1781; ed. at Chester and St. John’s coll. Cam., LL.B. 1804; V. of Bangor 1819–38; precentor of Bangor 31 March 1810 to 31 March 1838; R. of Llanllechyd, Carnarvonshire 1821 to death; dean of Bangor 31 March 1838 to death; author of sermons, pamphlets and addresses. d. the deanery, Bangor 28 May 1862.
COTTON, John. Writer Madras civil service 1801; principal magistrate of Tangore 1821–27; annuitant on the fund 1 May 1830; a director of East India Co. 30 April 1833, deputy chairman of Court of directors 1842, chairman 1843–45. d. Westbourne terrace, Hyde Park, London 16 July 1860 aged 76.