Rt Rev
William
Cotterell
DD
Born in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died
at about age 46
in England
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| Church of Ireland Clergy |
He was the son of Charles Cotterell, Master of the Ceremonies to King George II and Elizabeth Chute.
Admitted at age 18 to Pembroke College, Cambridge on 22 December 1716. B.A. 1720. [1]
Ordained priest (Peterborough) on 31 May 1724.
D.D. (Oxford) on 1 March 1733-4 from Trinity College Dublin. [2]
On 26 June 1725 he was presented as Dean of Raphoe; and was instituted on July 22. [D. R.].
His patent for Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin is dated 24 March 1743. He was consecrated on June 19th, at Christ Church, Dublin, by the Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by the Bishops of Kildare and Derry.
He died in England on the 21 June 1744.
Sources
- ↑ Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge by University of Cambridge; John Archibald Venn and John Venn, Publication date 1922-54
- ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
- Wikipedia - William Cotterell
- Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
- Vol 2 - The Province of Leinster, Pg 340
- Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 362
- Dictionary of National Biography - William Cotterell
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