William James Richmond Cotton
1822–1902
Businessman and politician. Partner in a firm of leather, hide, and tallow brokers. Owned iron mines in Norway. Alderman for Lime Street, London, 1866–92. MP for the City of London, 1874–85. Served on a number of governing boards of London hospitals. Defended the interests of the City guilds.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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