William Cotts

Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts, 1st Baronet, KBE (15 ga Yulin 1871 - 20 ga Janairu 1932) ɗan kasuwa ne na Scotland kuma ɗan siyasan Liberal.

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi Cotts a Sanquhar a Scotland, ɗan William Cotts . Ya yi karatu a asirce kuma a Wallace Hall . A ranar 18 ga Maris 1901, ya auri Agnes Sloane wacce ita ma ta fito ne daga Sanquhar kuma suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu da mace. Cotts ya sami horo na farko na kasuwanci a Dumfries da London kuma ya tafi a 1895 zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, inda ya ci gaba da muhimman bukatun kasuwanci, ya fahimci yiwuwar filayen kwal na Natal da sufuri da sauran ababen more rayuwa da ake buƙata don tallafawa masana'antun hakar kwal da zinariya. Ya kuma sami sha'awar kasuwanci a Burtaniya kuma ya kasance wani lokaci shugaban Mitchell, Cotts & Co. na London. Kamfanin ya yi ciniki a matsayin manyan 'yan kasuwa, mallakar ma'adanai da jiragen ruwa.

 Rayuwar siyasa da jama'a 
Cotts ya yi takara a mazabar Western Isles a Babban zaben 1918 a matsayin Coalition Liberal amma ya kasa karbar kujerar da mai zaman kansa Liberal, Dr Donald Murray ya lashe tare da mafi rinjaye na kuri'u 390. Cotts ya sake yaƙi da Murray don kujerar a 1922 yana tsaye a matsayin mai sassaucin ra'ayi na kasa, watau mai goyon bayan David Lloyd George. A wannan lokacin ya ci nasara, tare da mafi rinjaye na 939. Ya yi aiki a matsayin dan majalisa har zuwa 1923 amma ya tsaya takarar duk wani zabe na majalisar dokoki.

Cotts ya kasance Mai Shari'a na Zaman Lafiya na County na London kuma an nada shi Kwamandan Knight na Order of the British Empire (KBE) a cikin 1919 don hidimomi don daukar ma'aikata. Ya yi aiki a Majalisar Kwalejin Westfield, Jami'ar London Homes for Little Boys . An kirkiro shi a matsayin baronet a ranar 15 ga Yuni 1921.

 Mutuwa da magaji 
Cotts ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani yana da shekaru 60 yayin da yake tafiya zuwa Wales don magani. Ɗansa William ne ya gaje shi a matsayin Baronetcy na Cotts. Sir William Campbell Mitchell-Cotts (1902-1964), wani lauya ya yi hamayya da mazabar Forest of Dean a Babban zaben 1929 a matsayin mai ra'ayin mazan jiya. Mitchell-Cotts ya kasance a cikin 1928 sakataren sirri ba tare da biyan kuɗi ba ga ɗan siyasan Tory Duff Cooper . 

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