The Cotton Baronetcy of Conington was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Bruce Cotton (1570-1631), who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons.
Soon after his appointment he was presented by Bishop Thomas Greene to the rectory of Conington in Cambridgeshire, and afterwards to that of Hadstock in Essex; the latter he held for many years.
The 457th Bomb Group has a memorial dedicated to the men who lost their lives flying from Glatton in All Saints Church Conington churchyard.
He was twice married, first to Katerina, who died 8 March 1479, second to Mary Folville, niece and heir of Robert Wesenham of Conington, Huntingdonshire, who had previously been married to William Cotton of Conington, co Hunt and then to Thomas Lucy.
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The Cotton Baronetcy, of Conington in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Cotton, who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons.