COTTON,
Arthur,
J.P.
for City of Stoke-on-Trent since 1910.
Auctioneer
and Valuer.
York Villas, Tunstall, Stoke on- Trent.
Born
1856 at Tunstall. Son of the late Simeon Cotton.
Educated
at Public Schools.
Married
(first) 1878, Rose Ann, daughter of the late John Aspinall ; (second), 1907,
Gavina Martha, daughter of late William Naismith, J.P., County of Lanark.
Chairman
Tunstall U.D.C., 1905 and 6 ;
Member of Staffs.C.C. 1902-10 ;
Member of Wolstanton School Board, 1890-02 ;
Member of Burslem and Wolstanton Board of Guardians nine years ;
Member of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, 1910-13 ;
Chairman of Burslem and Tunstall Liberal Association ;
Member of Tunstall Roman Catholic School Managers since 1903 ;
Wesleyan Methodist Lay Preacher from 1879 ;
Circuit Secretary twenty-one years.
Recreations—Cricket
and Bowls.
Heir—James
Baker Cotton. Born 1881.
"Who's Who in
Staffordshire" 1934
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