Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere

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Sir Robert Cotton

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet (c. 1635 – 18 December 1712) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1679 to 1681 and from 1689 to 1702.

In 1677 he was made Baronet of Combermere in the County Palatine of Chester.

After he was accused of treasonable correspondence with the Electress of Hanover, Sophia, in 1685 he was committed to the Tower of London by the Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department. He was eventually cleared of the charges.

Family

He 1684 he married Hester Salusbury, daughter and sole heir of Royalist politician and soldier Sir Thomas Salusbury. As a result the family's seat at Combermere Abbey was enhanced with the Llewenni Estate in Denbighshire, northeast Wales.The couple had the following known issue:

• Hugh-Calveley Cotton, who married Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir William Russel, Bart.

Hugh-Calvely died before his father and left an only daughter, Catherine, who married Thomas Lewis, Esq. of St Pierre, Monmouthshire.

• Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Combermere

References

Bibliography

• ThePeerage.com
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Portraits of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Philip Egerton and Hon. Henry Booth	Member of Parliament for Cheshire with Hon. Henry Booth 1679–1681	Succeeded by Sir Philip Egerton and Thomas Cholmondeley
Preceded by Sir Philip Egerton and Thomas Cholmondeley	Member of Parliament for Cheshire with Sir John Mainwaring, Bt. 1689–1702	Succeeded by Sir George Warburton, Bt. and Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt.
Baronetage of England
Preceded by (new creation)	Baronet (of Combermere ) 1677–1712	Succeeded by Thomas Cotton