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Cotton (Robert)

  • 1570/71–1631
  • Conington ... Huntingdonshire
  • scholars, antiquarians, manuscript collectors and owners, politicians
  • (agents)
Sir Robert Bruce, 1st baronet, of Connington Hall, was an English politician, antiquary and collector of manuscripts, who established the Cotton library.


See also: Camden (William)
Camden (William)
(d. 1623)
English antiquarian and author, known best for his Britannia.

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Conington [Huntingdonshire]Conington ... Huntingdonshire
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Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>. 
comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.
Handley (Stuart) [id. 6425. ‘Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, first baronet (1571–1631)’] direct link
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