User blog:MainTour/The Cotton Family of Combermere Abbey

Explore 50+ generations of the Cotton Family and their landmark home Combermere Abbey, an old English monastery they acquired in 1354 after it became defunct because of scandal and corruption. Famous guests, including King William III and Wellington have stayed at the home. There have been many noteworthy descendants of the family in both America and England, including the famous Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865), a hero of the Napoleonic Wars and Governor of Barbados. And no family history is complete without a spooky ghost story based on a bizarre photo from 1891. MainTour (talk) 20:33, September 5, 2016 (UTC)