George Cotton
Born(1743-05-21)21 May 1743
Combermere
Died10 December 1805(1805-12-10) (aged 62)
Bath
NationalityEnglish
OccupationAnglican priest

George Cotton (21 May 1743 – 10 December 1805) was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester[1] from 1787 until his death.[2]

Cholmondeley was born at Combermere in Cheshire and was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He held livings at South Reston, Stowe, Stoke-upon-Trent and Davenham. He died at Bath. His grandson was Bishop of Calcutta from 1858 until 1866.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ British History on-line
  2. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Liverpool Mercury(Liverpool, England), Friday, December 1, 1815; Issue 231
  3. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p148
  4. ^ Memoir of George Edward Lynch Cotton, D.D. 1871
Church of England titles Preceded byWilliam Smith Dean of Chester 1787 – 1805 Succeeded byHugh Cholmondeley
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