Michael Cullen Cotton was a politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly during the early colonial period.
Michael Cotton | |
|---|---|
| Member of New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 30 January 1829 – 30 April 1834 | |
| Collector of Customs | |
| In office 1828–1834 | |
| Preceded by | John Campbell |
| Succeeded by | John George Nathaniel Gibbes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Cullen Cotton |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Mary Weller Married 19 April 1836 |
Cotton served as collector of customs from 1828 to 1834 replacing John Campbell.[1] In 1829, he became a member of the newly extended Legislative Council. In 1833, he exchanged positions with John George Nathaniel Gibbes who was the Collector of Customs in the major East Anglian port of Great Yarmouth.[1]
On 19 April 1836 he married Jane Mary Weller at St John's, Hamstead.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mr Michael Cullen Cotton". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 1 November 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Trove.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Monitor. 3 September 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Trove.
External links
edit- Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised correspondence and letters written by Cotton to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales