Cotts baronets

The Cotts Baronetcy, of Coldharbour Wood in the parish of Rogate in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 15 June 1921 for Sir William Cotts, KBE. He was head of Mitchell Cotts and Co, of London, and of allied companies, merchants, colliery proprietors and steamship owners, and also briefly represented Western Isles in the House of Commons as a National Liberal. The second Baronet assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Mitchell in 1932. He was an actor, writer, journalist and publisher.

Cotts baronets, of Coldharbour Wood (1921)

• Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts, KBE, 1st Baronet (1871–1932)
• Sir (William) Campbell Mitchell-Cotts, 2nd Baronet (1902–1964)
• Sir Robert Crichton Mitchell Cotts, 3rd Baronet (1903–1995)
• Sir Richard Crichton Mitchell Cotts, 4th Baronet (born 1946)

Notes

1. The London Gazette: no. 32558. p. 10486. 23 December 1921.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

External links

• Photograph of Sir Campbell Mitchell-Cotts, 2nd Baronet, at the National Portrait Gallery