Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet
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Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton (c. 1739 – 24 August 1809) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament
(MP) for Cheshire
from 1780 to 1796.
He was one of the founders of the Tarporley Hunt Club
in 1762.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Cheshire
Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentiary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.As a county...
from 1780 to 1796.
He was one of the founders of the Tarporley Hunt Club
Tarporley Hunt Club
The Tarporley Hunt Club is a hunt club which meets at Tarporley in Cheshire, England. Founded in 1762, it is the oldest surviving such society in England, and possibly the oldest in the world. Its members' exploits were immortalised in the Hunting Songs of Rowland Egerton-Warburton. The club also...
in 1762.