Charles Pepys, 8th Earl of Cottenham

Kenelm Charles Everard Digby Pepys, 8th Earl of Cottenham (27 November 1948 – 20 October 2000) was an English peer, baronet, cricketer, equestrian, business man, and designer. Known until 1968 as Viscount Crowhurst, he was later known to his friends as Charlie Cottenham. On 15 March 1975 Cottenham married Sarah Lombard-Hobson, daughter of Captain Samuel Richard Le Hunte Lombard-Hobson CVO OBE RN, of Sherrington.

Cottenham played cricket for Eton and for Northamptonshire Second XI as a fast bowler. He toured the West Indies in 1970 with the Duke of Norfolk's XI. He was a three day eventer, competing at Badminton and Burghley Horse Trials, and representing Great Britain overseas. He gave up competing after his wife had a bad fall. In 1984, after retiring from eventing, Cottenham lent his yard at Priory Manor to his friend Mark Todd, who brought with him his horse Charisma. They won an Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Cottenham ran a successful chain of English-language schools.