Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, 4th Baronet (''c.'' 1705 – 14 August 1775) was a

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(MP) for

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. He was the son of Sir Thomas Cotton and his wife Philadelphia Lynch. He was the younger brother of the 3rd Baronet, Robert Salusbury Cotton who predeceased him without issue in 1748 and whom he thereby succeeded as 4th Baronet. He married a distant cousin, Elizabeth Abigail Cotton. In December 1749 he replaced, unopposed, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn as

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, a seat he retained until 1774. In 1769, he built St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam, near his family seat of

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. He had four sons and was succeeded by his eldest son,

Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet (''c.'' 1739 – 24 August 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1796. Early life Cotton was the eldest son of Sir Lynch Cotton. He was educated at Westminster Sc ...

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