Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill, CMG, FRCSEd, RAMC (23 November 1851 – 30 December 1933) was a surgeon who as a young man played first-class cricket and made one appearance for England.

A good all round sportsman, he captained the Edinburgh University rugby team, was skilled at golf and billiards and was an excellent shot.

A right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace, Cotterill made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey at the Royal Brunswick Ground in 1870.

[14] In later years he became an enthusiastic motorcyclist and at the age of 70 was involved in a motor cycle accident sustaining a depressed skull fracture which required elevation.

He is buried with his wife Molly in the northern Victorian extension of Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh, in the north-west section.

Their son Denis, who had served as a medical officer throughout WWI, died of influenza 3 weeks after the Armistice in 1918.