COTES, John (1682-1756), of Woodcote, Salop.

bap. 29 June 1682, 1st s. of Charles Cotes of Woodcote by Lettice, da. of Kildare, 2nd Baron Digby of Geashill [I]. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 1698. m. ?1706, Lady Dorothy (d. 1721), da. of Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers, 6s. (at least 1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. aft. June 1706. IGI, Warws.; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 202; List and Index Soc. sp. ser. xxii. 227.