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Charles Cecil Cotes (7 April 1846 – 9 August 1898) was a British landowner and
Charles Cecil Cotes (7 April 1846 – 9 August 1898) was a British landowner and Liberal
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politician.
Cotes was born in 1846, eldest surviving son of John Cotes of Woodcote Hall near Newport, Shropshire
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(himself a former MP) and his wife Lady Louisa Jenkinson, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool
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Background
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, and thus nephew of the former Prime Minister, the 2nd Earl. He was educated at Eton College
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, then entered Christ Church, Oxford
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in 1864, graduating as B.A.
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in 1869.
Cotes served in the South Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry as lieutenant before being promoted captain in 1869. This regiment amalgamated to form the unified Shropshire Yeomanry
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in 1872, and he continued to serve with them until he retired in 1880.
Cotes first sought election to Parliament for the then two-member borough seat
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of Shrewsbury
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at a by-election following the death of William Clement in 1870 and polled 1,253 votes but was defeated by a majority of 38 by his Conservative
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opponent, Douglas Straight
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Life
Straight was born in London and was educated at Harrow School.
Until 1865 he engaged in journalism, but then became a ...
. Cotes petitioned against the result but the case was dismissed in court with costs. He entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
. That year Shrewsbury was reduced to a one-member seat and Cotes did not seek further election to Parliament.
When the Liberals came to power in 1880 under William Ewart Gladstone
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, he was appointed a Junior Lord of the Treasury
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, which he remained until the government fell in 1885.
Cotes played as wicket keeper in county cricket matches for Warwickshire
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, and Shropshire
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between 1864 and 1870 while playing at club level for Atcham
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.
Following his father's death in 1874, Cotes succeeded to his estates in Shropshire and Staffordshire
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in England and Montgomeryshire
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in Wales, which in 1876 amounted to 6,470 acres with an income of £8.860 a year. He had Woodcote Hall rebuilt after a disastrous fire. He reputedly owned the first motor car
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registered in Shropshire, vehicle registration Motor vehicle registration is the registration of a motor vehicle with a government authority, either compulsory or otherwise. The purpose of motor vehicle registration is to establish a link between a vehicle and an owner or user of the vehicle. Th ...
number "AW1".
Cotes was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire and at the time of his death was a trustee of the Harper Adams Agricultural College which was then being erected near Newport.
Cotes died suddenly at Woodcote Hall, of a heart attack
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, in August 1898, aged 52, and was buried on 12 August in Woodcote churchyard. He was unmarried and his estates passed to his brother.
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* 1846 births 1898 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Shropshire Yeomanry officers People from Newport, Shropshire People associated with Harper Adams University {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub