Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet, of Combermere
Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1672 – 12 June 1715) was an English peer and officer of the Crown.
Life[edit]
He was born the son of Sir Robert Cotton and Hester Salusbury, daughter of Royalist politician and soldier Sir Thomas Salusbury. Sheriff of Cheshire from 1712 to 1713,[1] he succeeded to the Cotton Baronetcy on 17 December 1712.[2]
Family[edit]
Sir Thomas married Philadelphia (5 May 1675 – 30 December 1758), daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Lynch, three time Governor of Jamaica, and his first wife Vere Herbert, around 18 November 1689. The couple had the following issue:[3]
- Thomas Salusbury (c. 1691 – 1710), heir apparent.
- Henry (born c. 1692), died young.
- Anne (born c. 1693), died young.
- Sir Robert Salusbury, inherited his father's title as 3rd Baronet.[4]
- Philadelphia (born 19 March 1698), married Thomas Boycott of Hinton, Shropshire
- Stephen Salusbury (1700–1727)
- Hugh Calveley (c. 1701 – 24 June 1702)
- John Salusbury (1708 – 1730)
- Sophia (c. 1704 – c. 1756), unmarried.
- Sir Lynch Salusbury (c. 1706 – 14 August 1775), inherited his brother's title as 4th Baronet.
- Hester Maria (c. 1707 – 20 August 1733) married John Salusbury of Bachecraig, Flint.
- Sidney Arabella (female) (c. 1709 – 30 January 1781), unmarried.
- George Calveley (c. 1710–1715)
- William Salusbury (c. 1712 – c. 1715)
- Vere (female) (c. 1713 – 23 September 1730)
- Henry Salusbury (c. 1714 – ?), died young.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Peerage". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "The (Almost) Complete Cotton Family Tree". Combermere Abbey. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
- ^ Burke 1869, p. 254.
- Bibliography
- Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison.
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