Peerage Record – 61440

     Leo Patrick Cotton was born on 13 May 1927 at Smithton, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He is the son of Roy Cotton and Mary Frances Monica Abel.¹ He married Ellen Esther Williams at Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.¹

     Ellen Esther Williams was born on 15 August 1931 at Smithton, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She married Leo Patrick Cotton, son of Roy Cotton and Mary Frances Monica Abel, at Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.¹
     Her married name became Cotton.¹

     Colonel John Cuninghame lived at Caddel, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹

     John Shelton Cotton was born in 1963 at Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He is the son of Leo Patrick Cotton and Ellen Esther Williams.¹ He married Sonya Marie Donahue on 14 February 1987 at Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.¹

     George Edward Bourchier Wrey was born on 9 March 1851.¹ He was the son of George Bourchier Wrey and Sarah Cunninghame.² He married Anne Maud Wrey, daughter of Reverend Arthur Bourchier Wrey and Helen Phillpotts, on 24 February 1886.¹ He died on 9 August 1926 at age 75.¹
     He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He lived at Thornton, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Reverend Arthur Bourchier Wrey was born on 17 April 1831.¹ He was the son of Reverend John Wrey and Ann Burnett Yeomans.² He was baptised on 18 May 1831 at Okehampton, Devon, England.³ He married, firstly, Helen Phillpotts, daughter of Reverend Thomas Phillpotts, on 18 January 1859.¹ He married, secondly, Claudine Maud Twining, daughter of Charles Twining, on 24 August 1881.¹ He died on 8 September 1918 at age 87.¹
     He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was Vicar between 1876 and 1905 at St. Mary Church, England.¹

     Anne Maud Wrey is the daughter of Reverend Arthur Bourchier Wrey and Helen Phillpotts.² She married George Edward Bourchier Wrey, son of George Bourchier Wrey and Sarah Cunninghame, on 24 February 1886.¹ She died on 30 May 1950.¹

     Commander Edward Charles Wrey was born on 30 March 1889.¹ He was the son of George Edward Bourchier Wrey and Anne Maud Wrey.² He married Grace Elsie Rimer, daughter of James Cook Rimer, on 11 December 1914.¹ He died in 1972.¹
     He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He gained the rank of Second World War.¹

     James Cook Rimer lived at Kelvin Grove, Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa.¹

     Grace Elsie Rimer was the daughter of James Cook Rimer.² She married Commander Edward Charles Wrey, son of George Edward Bourchier Wrey and Anne Maud Wrey, on 11 December 1914.¹ She died on 14 December 1940.¹
     From 11 December 1914, her married name became Wrey.