Sir John Cotterell, 1st Baronet

Sir John Geers Cotterell, 1st Baronet (21 September 1757 – 26 January 1845) was a British politician. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Herefordshire from 1802 to 1803, and from 1806 to 1831.

Early life Cotterell was born on 21 September 1757. He was the son of Anne Geers and Sir John Brookes-Cotterell, High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1761.

His paternal grandparents were John Cotterell and Mary ( Jackson) Cotterell. His mother was the daughter, and heiress, of John Geers of Garnons, Herefordshire.

Career Cotterell was known as an anti-Catholic Tory squire, or large landowner, in Hereford.

Mary Cotterell (d. 1868), who married Thomas Taylor in 1820.

Sir John died Garnons on 26 January 1845 was buried in the family vault at Mansel church.

Descendants Through his only son John, he was a grandfather of Sir John Cotterell, 2nd Baronet (1830–1847), who died unmarried while at Eton, and Sir Geers Cotterell, 3rd Baronet (1834–1900), who married Hon. Katherine Margaret Airey, daughter of Gen. Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey with whom he had issue.