About John Cotes
Lived 1799 – 1874 (aged 74–75). John Cotes was a British politician.
John Cotes (1799 – 1874) was an English politician who was Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire, at the time a two-member constituency, from the general election of 1832 to 1835. His father was John Cotes (died 1821), also an MP, and his son was Charles Cecil Cotes, who also became an MP. He is significant as the last non-Conservative MP for the constituency until the 2021 North Shropshire by-election.
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Who was John Cotes?
politician (1799–1874)
When was John Cotes born?
John Cotes was born in 1799.
When did John Cotes die?
John Cotes died in 1874.
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John Cotes was a politician.
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John Cotes was British.
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· DBpedia: John Cotes (died 1874)
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