Michael Cotton

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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|office = Member of New South Wales Legislative Council

|term_start = 30 January 1829

|term_end = 30 April 1834

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|office2 = Collector of Customs

|term_start2 = 1828

|term_end2 = 1834

|predecessor2 = John Campbell

|successor2 = John George Nathaniel Gibbes

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|birthname = Michael Cullen Cotton

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|spouse = Jane Mary Weller
Married 19 April 1836

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Michael Cullen Cotton was a politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly during the early colonial period.

Cotton served as collector of customs from 1828 to 1834 replacing John Campbell.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=144 |name=Mr Michael Cullen Cotton |former=Yes |access-date=8 April 2019}} In 1829, he became a member of the newly extended Legislative Council. In 1833, he exchanged positions with John George Nathaniel Gibbes who was the Collector of Customs in the major East Anglian port of Great Yarmouth.

On 19 April 1836 he married Jane Mary Weller at St John's, Hamstead.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2207485 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser |date=1 November 1836 |accessdate=8 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32152107 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Monitor |date=3 September 1836 |accessdate=8 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}

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