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Colonel Vere Egerton Cotton (1888–1970) was a British Army Officer and Politician, serving as Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He was born in London 5 May 1882 and was the youngest son of Charles Calveley Cotton. Colonel Cotton was educated at Repton School and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he was an exhibitioner in 1910. He was a senior partner in Rathbone Brothers and Company, merchants in Liverpool.

Cotton was commissioned in the 4th West Lancashire Brigade and during WW1 he served in France, Belgium and Italy. He was made an Officer of the British Empire, awarded the Croix de Guerre and Croce di Guerra hand held the Territorial Decoration. From 1932-1936 he commanded the 359th Regiment, R.A., T.A., and in 1937 was promoted to Commander of the British Empire. He retired from the army as a Lieutenant-Colonel.

Cotton entered the Liverpool City Council in 1931 as a representative of Aigburth Ward. He was made a city magistrate in 1938. He served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1951-52 and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1956.