Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1752. British historian Eveline Cruickshanks called him "one of the
Portrait of Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Bt
Madingley Hall, Cambridgeshire
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The Loyal Brotherhood was a High Tory political and social club, founded by leading members of the Tory party in 1709. It existed throughout the period known as the Whig supremacy and became an import
Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet
…for Cambridgeshire for 1722–1727, Cambridge again for 1727–1741 and Marlborough for 1741–1752. A High Tory, he was appointed vice-president of the Loyal Brotherhood which was established in 1709. After an MP deserted the Tories and made a speech loyal to Sir Robert Walpole, Cotton criticised him to Walpole, saying…
The Duke of Beaufort, founder of the Loyal Brotherhood
The Reform Act 1832 marked the end for the old High Tory, landed interests represented by the Loyal Brotherhood