Sir Robert Cotton (2 May 1644 – 17 September 1717) was an English politician. He sat as a
Member of Parliament from 1679 to 1701 and briefly in 1702.
Life
He was the third son of
Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, the second by Sir Thomas's second wife Alice. He was granted the manor of
Hatley,
Cambridgeshire by his half-brother in 1662, the year of his father's death.
He sat as a
Member of Parliament for
Cambridgeshire from 1679 to 1695, for
Newport, Isle of Wight from 1695 to 1701 and briefly for
Truro in 1702.
He was selected as
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
High may refer to:
Science and technology
* Height
* High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area
* High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
* High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift t ...
for Jan–Nov 1688.
A
Tory, he was one of the joint holders of the
Postmaster General position from 1691, after the dismissal of
John Wildman
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
,
''The House of Commons 1690-1715'', Volume 2, edited by David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, pp. 744-5.
/ref> until he retired in 1708.
References
1644 births
1717 deaths
Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
English MPs 1680–1681
English MPs 1681
English MPs 1685–1687
English MPs 1689–1690
English MPs 1690–1695
English MPs 1695–1698
English MPs 1698–1700
English MPs 1701–1702
High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
Postmasters general of the United Kingdom
Younger sons of baronets
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