Monument to Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington and Anne Cottington (née Meredith), Lady Cottington
11 of 15 portraits of Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Monument to Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington and Anne Cottington (née Meredith), Lady Cottington
by James Cole
line engraving, late 18th-early 19th century
13 1/2 in. x 7 7/8 in. (343 mm x 200 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34159
Sittersback to top
- Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (1578-1652), Lord High treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer and ambassador to Spain. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Anne Cottington (née Meredith), Lady Cottington (died 1634), Former wife of Sir Robert Brett, and later wife of 1st Baron Cottington. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D26485: Monument to Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington and Anne Cottington (née Meredith), Lady Cottington (from same plate)
Events of 1770back to top
Current affairs
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton resigns as Prime Minister and is succeeded by Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford.Art and science
Oliver Goldsmith publishes his poem The Deserted Village.Philosopher and politician Edmund Burke publishes Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents discussing the limits of the King's authority.
17-year-old Thomas Chatterton, later hailed as a significant poet, commits suicide in a London garret.
Thomas Gainsborough paints his portrait of Jonathan Buttall, which later becomes known as The Blue Boy.
International
'Townshend duties' on imports into the colonies are repealed, except for the duty on tea. However, this concession is soon followed by the Boston Massacre, in which British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, killing five.Captain Cook reaches the eastern coast of Australia, at a place which he names Botany Bay. He discovers the Great Barrier Reef when HMS Endeavour runs onto it. Cook claims New South Wales for the British.
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