Sir Robert Cotton may refer to:
- Robert Cotton (died 1559), MP for Leicester
- Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, (1571–1631), English antiquary
- Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere (c. 1635–1712), MP for Cheshire
- Robert Cotton (MP) (1644–1717), English politician
- Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Baronet, of Connington (c. 1669–1749)
- Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet, of Combermere (1695–1748), MP for Cheshire and Lostwithiel
- Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet, of Combermere (c. 1739–1809), MP for Cheshire
- Sir Bob Cotton (1915–2006), Australian Federal Senator
Famous quotes containing the words robert and/or cotton:
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—Rip Van Ronkel, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
“It is remarkable with what pure satisfaction the traveler in these woods will reach his camping-ground on the eve of a tempestuous night like this, as if he had got to his inn, and, rolling himself in his blanket, stretch himself on his six-feet-by-two bed of dripping fir twigs, with a thin sheet of cotton for roof, snug as a meadow-mouse in its nest.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)