Background
He was the son of John Cotton and Frances Downing.
He was the son of John Cotton and Frances Downing.
James Herbert, a younger son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and Lady Catherine Osborne, daughter of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds.
3rd Parliament of Great Britain]
He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Huntingdon from 1705 to 1706, and for Huntingdonshire from 1710 to 1713.