COTTON, John Hynde (1686-1752), of Madingley Hall, Cambs.

Family and Education

bap. 7 Apr. 1686, 1st and o. surv. s. of Sir John Cotton, 2nd Bt.*; educ. Westminster; Emmanuel, Camb. 1701, MA 1705. m. (1) 24 May 1714 (with c.£8,500), Lettice (d. 1718), da. of Sir Ambrose Crowley*, 1s. 1da.; (2) 3 June 1724, Margaret (d. 1734), da. and coh. of James Craggs I*, wid. of Samuel Trefusis*, 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 15 Jan. 1713. Cambs. RO (Cambridge), Cotton of Madingley mss 588/F43, W. Cole, ‘Gens Cottoniana Cantabrigiensis’, pp. 59–63; 588/T99; 588/L88, p. 8; Madingley par. reg. P114/2; MI Cambs. ed. Palmer, 78.

Offices Held

Freeman, Cambridge 1707, Chester 1737; burgess, Edinburgh 1744, Glasgow 1744, Hamilton 1744. Cambs. RO (Cambridge), Cambridge bor. recs. common day bk. 1681–1722, p. 404; Cotton of Madingley mss 588/F56–58; Chester RO, A/B/4/80v.

Ld. of Trade 1712–14; treasurer of the chamber 1744–6. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 351–2; xxix. 633.

Parlimentarian

COTTON, Sir John Hynde, 3rd Bt. (c.1688-1752), of Madingley Hall, Cambs.

Main residence: Madingley Hall, Cambs.

Author

E.C.

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

COTTON, John Hynde (1686-1752)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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