Tuesday 17 March 2015

797 Charles Cotes



Constituency : Shrewsbury  1874-85

The  Liberals  reversed  their  recent  defeats  at  Shrewsbury  with  the  former  MP  Henry  Robertson  recovering  his  seat  and  Charles  reversing  the  by-election  defeat.

The  Cotes  family  had  estates  in  Shropshire.

Charles  was  appointed  a  whip  by  Gladstone  in  1880  and  held  the  post  until  1885.

He  died  in  1898  aged  52.

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