Henry Cotton (judge)

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Vanity Fair
in 1888.
Arms, displayed at Lincoln's Inn[1]

Sir Henry Cotton (20 May 1821 – 22 February 1892) was a British judge. He was a

Privy Counsellor
, until his retirement in 1890.

Early life

He was born in Leytonstone. His father William Cotton later became Governor of the Bank of England. His brother

William Charles Cotton was a clergyman and beekeeper
. His sister Sarah married Sir Henry Acland, who founded Acland Hospital in her memory.[2]

He attended

Oxford, where he was a student until 1852. He graduated B.A. in 1843.[3]

Career

He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1843 and was called to the bar in 1846. He quickly acquired a large practice in the equity courts, and through the influence of his father was appointed standing counsel to the Bank of England. In 1866, he

took silk and attached himself to the court of Vice-chancellor (Sir) Richard Malins, where he shared the leadership with Mr. W. B. Glasse
.

Among the important cases in which he was engaged were the liquidation of Overend, Gurney, & Co.; the King of Hanover v. the Bank of England; Rubery v. Grant; Dr.Hayman v. the Governors of Rugby School; and the Republic of Costa Rica v. Erlanger. In 1872 he was appointed standing counsel to the university of Oxford, and shortly afterwards only went into court on a special retainer.[3]

He became Lord Justice of Appeal in 1877 upon the death of Sir George Mellish. He became a member of the privy council, and was knighted.[3]

Judgments

Judgments of Cotton include:

Family life

Vanity Fair
in 1894.

He was an avid sportsman, having been an oarsman at Eton, and in later life a skater.

On 16 August 1853 he married Clemence Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Streatfeild.

His father's Wallwood estate was sold off posthumously in 1874, but Henry Cotton set aside and donated a plot of land upon which St. Andrew's Church in Leytonstone was built.[5][6]

His youngest son Hugh Benjamin Cotton (1871–1895) was featured in a

Davos Platz, Switzerland.[7][8]

Through his grandfather

Henry John Stedman Cotton.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ "E10k Cotton H 1886, E11k Herschell RF 1887, E12k Karslake EK 1888". Baz Manning. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Acland, Henry Wentworth, 1815-1900", Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ a b c Cotton 1901.
  4. ^ "Contract – General Principles – Remedies – Specific Performance and Injunctions – Specific Performance". The Laws of Australia. Thomson Reuters. 31 August 2006. pp. [7.9.1450].
  5. ^ "Brief History". St. Andrew's Church website. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Conservation area appraisal: Leytonstone Conservation Area" (PDF). Waltham Forest Council website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Hugh Benjamin Cotton 1871 – 1895". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Boat Race 1890–1899". Thames.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Relationship Calculator: Henry Cotton relationship to William Cotton Oswell". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Relationship Calculator: Henry Cotton relationship to Henry John Stedman Cotton". Halhed genealogy & family trees. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
Attribution

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cotton, James Sutherland (1901). "Cotton, Henry (1821-1892)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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