COTTON, Sir Robert (1644-1717), of Hatley St. George, Cambs.

bap. 2 May 1644, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bt.†, of Conington Castle, Hunts., being 1st surv. s. by his 2nd w. Alice, da. and h. of Sir John Constable of Dromanby, Yorks.; half-bro. of Sir Joseph Cotton, 3rd Bt.†, of Conington Castle. m. lic. 4 July 1663, Gertrude (d. 1701), da. of William Morice† of Werrington, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Kntd. 3 June 1663. F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordensis 110; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 337; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 171; Top and Gen. iii. 40.