Background
Henry Cotton was the son of Colonel Vere Egerton Cotton and Elfreda Moore.
Lord Lieutenant First Chancellor of
Henry Cotton was the son of Colonel Vere Egerton Cotton and Elfreda Moore.
He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, and later graduated from Magdalene College, University of Cambridge in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts. Henry Cotton was also in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) where he gained the rank of Lieutenant.
He was also the First Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University serving in office from 1992 until his death in 1993. In 1992, Henry Cotton was appointed the First Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University after gaining university status from being a polytechnic, however the institution goes as far back to its foundation as Liverpool Mechanics" School of Arts in 1823, making its claim in the third-oldest university in England debate. He served in office until his death in 1993.
He was succeeded by John Moores, Junior, Commander of the Order of the British Empire who was the son of Sir John Moores whom the university is named after.
A statue of Henry Cotton enscribed "Henry Egerton Cotton Esq, (1929-1993) LL.D, Justice of the Peace, First Chancellor of the University, 1992-1993" has been established outside the honourarily named Henry Cotton Building, on the universities City Campus in Liverpool.
