Papers of Robert Hudson and William Cotton

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. c. 7099, d. 3551, d. 3605, e. 3438-48
  • Dates of Creation
      1818-60
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      14 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

The Hudson papers mainly comprise travel journals written by Robert Hudson, 1818-34, in England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany and Switzerland. The Cotton papers comprise an autobiography and miscellaneous papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Hudson was born in 1801 in Camberwell, son of Robert Hudson of the East India Company and Demetria, sister of William Cotton. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1823 - see J. Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, 1715-1886 (London, 1887).

William Cotton, later of Ivybridge, Devon, was born in 1794, son of William of St. Laurence Pountney, London. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1811, becoming B.A. in 1814 and M.A. in 1818 - see Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, 1715-1886. For further information see Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, An exhibition of Old Master and English drawings and European bronzes (Sotheby's, 1979), and the Plymouth City Museums and Art Gallery web site (http://www.cottoniancollection.org.uk/) relating to the Cottonian Collection.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were bequeathed by Gerald Hamilton-Edwards in 1987.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.

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