Noted Relations: COTTON Family

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These people are all related to me.  
 

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	COTTON, Arthur Thomas [1803-1899] – English engineer, General COTT305 13C8 Daughter: ¤HOPE, Elizabeth Reid
	COTTON, John (Rev.) [1584-1652] – Puritan clergyman COTT109 9C11
	COTTON, John (Sir) [~1675-1731] – English baronet, 4° Baronet COTT547 14C11 He donated the Cottonian Library to the nation in 1700.
	COTTON, Robert Bruce [1571-1631] – English antiquarian, Bart. COTT221 10C15 GGson: ¤COTTON, John (Sir) Son: ¤COTTON, Thomas
	COTTON, Stapleton, Field Marshal Sir [1773-1865] – English field-marshal & colonel of the 1° Life Guards, 1° Viscount Combermmere COTT375 13C8 He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1809, but continued his military career. At the conclusion of peace (Portugal, 1814) he was raised to the peerage under the style of Baron Combermere.
	COTTON, Thomas [1594-1662] – English antiquary, 2° Baronet COTT223 11C14
	HOPE, Elizabeth Reid [1842-1922] – Australian evangelist COTT370 14C7 Her claim to have visited Charles Darwin shortly before he died in 1822, at which time (she claimed) he disavowed his theory of evolution, is now discredited. née COTTON, Elizabeth Reid Father: ¤COTTON, Arthur Thomas

This is my working list of candidates to include -- I'm not yet sure if they are related to me! As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (THUS) and an explanation included. They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included. (And to keep them from popping up on the list again!) Never discard good research!

Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be added to the database.

COTTEN, Joseph [1905-1994] American actor COTTON, Aimé-Auguste [1869-1951] French physicist COTTON, Bartholomew de [?-~1298] English historian COTTON, Charles [1630-1687] English poet COTTON, Francis Ridgely [1895-?] American bishop

COTTON, George Edward Lynch [1813-1866] English educator COTTON, Nathaniel [1705-1788] English physician and poet COTTON, Norris [*1900] American congressman (NH) COTTON, William Henry [1880-?] American portrait and mural painter and illustrator