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Richard Lynch Cotton (14 August 1794 – 8 December 1880) was a British vicar and academic administrator at the
University of Oxford.
[1]
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
References
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^ "Cotton, Richard Lynch".
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. I: A–F.
Oxford University Press. 1995. p. 659.
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"Richard Lynch Cotton". RA Collections.
Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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b
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003),
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 1 (107th ed.), Wilmington, Delaware:
Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 872,
ISBN
978-0-9711966-2-9, retrieved 18 July 2020
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^ 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 15 July 2011.
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"Books by Richard Lynch Cotton". BerkelouW Books. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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"No. 38: St Benet's Hall". St Giles', Oxford. Oxford History, UK. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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