Michael Cotton | |
Term Start: | 30 January 1829 |
Term End: | 30 April 1834 |
Office2: | Collector of Customs |
Term Start2: | 1828 |
Term End2: | 1834 |
Predecessor2: | John Campbell |
Birthname: | Michael Cullen Cotton |
Spouse: | Jane Mary Weller Married 19 April 1836 |
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.[1] 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.[1]
On 19 April 1836 he married Jane Mary Weller at St John's, Hamstead.[2]