The Reverend Reynell Cotton (1717–29 October 1779) was an English educator who was the rector of St Lawrence Church, Winchester and the founder of Hyde Abbey School in the city.[1][2] He was born in Rudgwick, West Sussex and attended Winchester College. Interested in cricket, Cotton became president of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774;[1] and is well-known for the Hambledon Club Song,[3] which he wrote in 1767.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Reynell Cotton's Cricket Song" (PDF). The Horsham Society Newsletter. The Horsham Society. August 2009. p. 62. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Carpenter Turner, Barbara (1980). Winchester. Paul Cave Publications. p. 140. ISBN 0861460138.
  3. ↑ "The King's Head, Rudgwick, Sussex". The Tatler. No. 1988. 2 August 1939. p. 228. Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (8 September 1923). "The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle". Illustrated London News. p. 20. Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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