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Baron Cottington, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Baron Cottington, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington

English official and diplomat
Also known as: Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington
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Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington (born c. 1579, Pitcombe, Somerset?, Eng.—died June 19, 1652, Valladolid, Spain) was an English lord treasurer and ambassador who was leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in King Charles I’s court during the decade preceding the English Civil Wars (1642–51). Cottington was ambassador to Spain in 1616–17 under King James I. In 1629 James’s successor, Charles I, made him chancellor of the exchequer and again sent him to Spain as...

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