Cotton, Joseph, 1745-1825

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1760 entered the Royal Navy; late 1760s mate on the Deptford; 1770s commander of the East Indiaman Queen Charlotte; 1782 retired; 1788 elder brother of Trinity House; 1795-1823 director of the East India Company; 1803-c 1823 deputy master of Trinity House; 1803 chairman, the East India Docks Company; 1810 Fellow of the Royal Society.

Epithet: mariner and merchant

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Birth 1745-03-07

Death 1825-01-26

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