William Cotts

Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts, 1st Baronet, KBE (15 July 1871 – 20 January 1932) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.

[1] Cotts obtained his early business training in Dumfries and London and went in 1895 to South Africa, where he developed important business interests, realising the potential of the Natal coalfields and the transport and other infrastructure that was needed to support the coal and gold mining industries.

Cotts fought Murray for the seat again in 1922 standing as a National Liberal, i.e. a supporter of the David Lloyd George.

[4] Cotts was a Justice of the Peace for the County of London and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1919 for services to recruiting.

[9] Sir William Campbell Mitchell-Cotts (1902–1964), a barrister contested the Forest of Dean constituency at the 1929 general election as a Conservative.