John Hynde Cotton 1686-1752
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Sir John Hynde COTTON 3rd bart 1686-1752
Biographical Note
Of Madingley Hall, Cambridgeshire. Great-grandson of Sir Robert Cotton. Educated at Westminster School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. House of Commons in 1708-1722. He was a Jacobite Tory, known for his emphatic support of the Jacobite cause.
Books
Bookplate found in Pembroke College Locked section E.3.41, "Designs, and Estimates, of Farm Houses &c." by Daniel Garret.
Characteristic Markings
Cotton's armorial bookplate features the motto "Fidelitas Vincet".
Sources
- Glickman, Gabriel, "The Career of Sir John Hynde Cotton (1686-1752)," The Historical Journal , Dec., 2003, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec., 2003), pp. 817-841.
- Hayton, D. W. "Cotton, Sir John Hynde, third baronet (bap. 1686, d. 1752), politician and Jacobite sympathizer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.