Cotton, Joseph, 1745-1825

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Dates:
Birth 1745-03-07
Death 1825-01-26

Biographical notes:

1760 entered the Royal Navy; late 1760s mate on the Deptford; 1770s commander of the East Indiaman Queen Charlotte; 1782 retired; 1788 elder brother of Trinity House; 1795-1823 director of the East India Company; 1803-c 1823 deputy master of Trinity House; 1803 chairman, the East India Docks Company; 1810 Fellow of the Royal Society.

Epithet: mariner and merchant

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000355

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  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Calcutta, India (as recorded)
  • Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
  • Sunderland, Durham (as recorded)
  • Dover, Kent (as recorded)
  • Penang, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Nova Scotia, North America (as recorded)
  • West Indies, America (as recorded)
  • Ceylon, Asia (as recorded)
  • Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
  • Hammersmith, Middlesex (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
  • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (as recorded)
  • Linting, China (as recorded)
  • Glamorgan, Wales (as recorded)
  • Sheerness, Kent (as recorded)
  • River Stour, Kent (as recorded)
  • Salsette Island, Bombay (as recorded)
  • United States of America (as recorded)
  • Deal, Kent (as recorded)
  • Spring Vale Asylum, Staffordshire (as recorded)
  • Canada, North America (as recorded)
  • Glasgow, Scotland (as recorded)
  • Cornwall, England (as recorded)
  • Mocha, Yemen (as recorded)
  • Tasmania, Australia (as recorded)
  • Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (as recorded)
  • Spitalfields, Middlesex (as recorded)
  • Oudh, India (as recorded)
  • Yemen, Asia (as recorded)
  • Dover, Kent (as recorded)
  • False Bay, South Africa (as recorded)
  • Malacca, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
  • Orford Ness, Suffolk (as recorded)
  • Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon (as recorded)
  • Walmer Castle, Dover (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Walcheren, Zealand (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • United States of America (as recorded)
  • Barnstaple, Devon (as recorded)
  • Cork, Ireland (as recorded)
  • Sandwich, Kent (as recorded)
  • Patna, India (as recorded)