Richard Lynch Cotton

Richard Lynch Cotton (14 August 1794 – 8 December 1880) was a British vicar and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.[1]

Richard Lynch Cotton

St James' parish church in Denchworth, Berkshire, where Cotton was vicar from 1823 to 1838.

Cotton was born in Whitchurch, Oxfordshire,[2] the son of Henry Calveley Cotton and Matilda Lockwood, one of 11 children (eight sons and three daughters).[3] He was educated at Charterhouse School and Worcester College, Oxford, where he attained a BA degree in 1815. He was a Fellow of the College from 1816 to 1838 and Provost from 1839 to 1880.[4] He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1839. While Provost at Worcester, Cotton also became Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1852.

Cotton was Vicar of Denchworth, north of Wantage in Berkshire, from 1823 to 1838. He published his lectures and sermons.[5] On 25 June 1839, he married Charlotte Bouverie Pusey, daughter of Hon. Philip Pusey and Lady Lucy Sherard (daughter of Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough).[3] She lived at 38 St Giles' in Oxford, now part of St Benet's Hall, after Cotton's death during 1881–82.[6]

See also

• Sir Sydney John Cotton (1792–1874), elder brother
• Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (1803–1899), younger brother

References

1. "Cotton, Richard Lynch". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Volume I: A–F. Oxford University Press. 1995. p. 659.
2. "Richard Lynch Cotton". RA Collections. Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 1 (107th ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 872, ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9(Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 18 July 2020)
4. H. E. Salter and Mary D. Lobel, ed. (1954). "Gloucester Hall and Worcester College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 298–309. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
5. "Books by Richard Lynch Cotton". BerkelouW Books. Retrieved July 13, 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
6. "No. 38: St Benet's Hall". St Giles', Oxford. Oxford History, UK. Retrieved June 11, 2012. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)

Further reading

• Nockles, Peter B., ‘Cotton, Richard Lynch (1794–1880)’, rev. M. C. Curthoys,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6423
• Burgon, John William, ‘Richard Lynch Cotton’. In Lives of Twelve Good Men, 1891. Archive.org.