John Hynde Cotton 1686-1752

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Sir John Hynde COTTON 3rd bart 1686-1752

John Hynde Cotton's Bookplate (Pembroke College Locked section E.3.41)

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".

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