John Hinde Cotton

1685 - 1752  (67 years)

• Name	John Hinde Cotton
  Born	1685  [1]
  Christened	07 Apr 1686	Camridgeshire   [2]
  Died	04 Feb 1751/52	London   [1]
  Buried	St. Nicholas, Landwade Forest Heath District, Suffolk   [1]
  Person ID	I00174	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2022

  
  

  Wife 1	Letitia Crowley,   b. Bef 13 Oct 1692,   d. 28 Aug 1718  (Age > 25 years)
  Children	1. Mary Cotton,   b. 22 Mar 1716,   d. 19 May 1779  (Age 63 years)   2. John Hynde Cotton,   b. 1717,   d. 02 Jan 1795  (Age 78 years)   3. Letitia Cotton,   b. 13 Aug 1718, London ,   d. Aug 1718, London  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Margaret Craggs,   b. 05 Oct 1693,   d. 23 Aug 1734  (Age 40 years)
  Married	08 Sep 1724  [3]
  • "The Historical Register" Vol. 9, 1724, page 41: 1724. Sept. 8. Sir John Hynde-Cotton of Madingley-Hall in the County of Cambridge, Bart. marry'd to Mrs. Trefusis, Widow of Samuel Trefusis of Trefusis in the County of Cornwall, Esq; and Daughter of James Craggs, sen. Esq; • http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O316673/bed-cover-and-unknown/ The Hynde Cottons were a wealthy and well-connected family. Sir John Hynde Cotton was a noted MP. In 1724 he married Margaret Trefusis, who brought with her a substantial dowry that included real estate, £17,000 of capital, as well as her personal jewels and plate. An inventory of Madingley Hall in 1734 shows that 36 rooms were furnished to the height of luxury and fashion. The bedrooms were named according to the colour of their textiles.
  Children	1. Margaret Cotton,   b. 21 Apr 1726,   d. Abt 1730  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Portraits

  Sir John Hynde Cotton Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1740

  
  

• Notes

  --- Was 6'4" --- "The Baronetage of England" Vol. 1 by William Betham, page 404: Sir John Hinde Cotton . . . [died] on Feb. 4, 1752, in the 64th year of his age; and was buried at Landwade, in a vault made by himself, between his two wives . . . --- "Sussex Advertiser" 13 April 1747, page 2: Sir John Hynde Cotton lies very dangerously ill of a Fever at his House in Park-Place, St. James's. --- "Derby Mercury" 17 Jan 1752, page 3: Letters from Hallingbury in Essex, the Seat of Jacob Houblon, Esq; advise, that Sir John Hind Cotton, Bart. his Father-in-Law, lay dangerously ill there. --- "Derby Mercury" 24 Jan 1752, page 2: Sir John Hind Cotton, Bart. who has been dangerously ill at Hallingbury-Hall in Essex, is now in a fair Way of Recovery. --- "Caledonian Mercury" 11 Feb 1752, page 1: Tuesday Night last died, at his House in Park-place Sir John Hinde Cotton, Bart. He was a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations in the Reigh of Queen Anne; also Member in several Parliaments in that Reign for the Town of Cambridge; and in the last Parliament of his late Majesty was one of the Knights of the Shire of the County of Cambridge; in the last and present Parliaments for Marlborough; he was also Treasurer of the Chamber to his Majesty in 1742. He married first a Daughter of Sir Ambrose Crawley, Knt. and has Issue one Son, now Sir John Hinde Cotton, and one Daughter married to Jacob Boublon, of Hallinbury in Essex, Esqr. He married to his second Lady the Daughter of the late James Craggs, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Post Office, the Relict of Samuel Trefusis, Esq; who died August 23, 1724, by whom he had only one Daughter, who died young. "The Scots Magazine" 03 Jan 1752 Vol. xiv, page 54: [Feb.] 4. At his house in Park-place, Sir John Hynd-Cotton, member for Marlborough. He was a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations in the reign of Q. Anne, and Treasurer of the Chamber to the present King in 1742. He is succeeded in his estate, and the title of Baronet, by his only son John. -- The following has been offered as a monumental inscription. Attic wit, British spirit, Roman virtue, Animated the bosom of that great man Whose remains are committed to this tomb, Sir John Hynd-Cotton, Bart. Whose lively genius, and solid understanding, Were steadily devoted To the service of his country. As a British senator, Without any views, to venal reward, Above the desire of ill-got power, Untainted with the itch of tinsel titles, He lived, He died, A PATRIOT.

  
  

• Sources

  http://www.findagrave.com/. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials). "The Historical Register" Vol. 9, 1724, page 41.