Pdt. Richard Lynch Cotton (August 14, 1794 - December 8, 1880) was a British academic vicar and administrator at Oxford University.
Cotton was born in Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, son of Henry Calveley Cotton and Matilda Lockwood, one of 11 children (eight sons and three daughters). He studied at Charterhouse School and Worcester College, Oxford, where he earned a BA in 1815. He was a Fellow of the College from 1816 to 1838 and Provost from 1839 to 1880. He was awarded the title of Doctor of Divinity in 1839. While Provost was Worcester, Cotton also became Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1852.
Cotton was the Vicar Denchworth, north of Wantage in Berkshire, from 1823 to 1838. He published his lectures and lectures. On June 25, 1839, he married Charlotte Bouverie Pusey, daughter of Hon. Philip Pusey and Lady Lucy Sherard. He lived at 38 St. Giles' in Oxford, now part of St Benet's Hall, after the death of Cotton during 1881-82.
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See also
- Sir Sydney John Cotton (1792-1874), elder brother
- Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (1803-1899), younger brother
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References
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 The Life of Twelve Good Men , 1891. Archive.org.
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