Henry Cotterill
| Henry Cotterill | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Edinburgh | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| In office | 1872–1886 |
| Predecessor | Charles Terrot |
| Successor | John Dowden |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Grahamstown (1856–1871) bishop coadjutor of Edinburgh (1871–1872) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1836 |
| Consecration | 1856 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1812 Ampton, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Died | 16 April 1886 Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, UK |
Henry Cotterill FRSE (1812 – 16 April 1886) was an Anglican bishop serving in South Africa in the second half of the 19th century. From 1872 until death he was a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh.
Cotterill was born in Ampton in 1812 into an ecclesiastical family of committed Church Evangelicals. His father, Joseph Cotterill (1780 – 1858), was Rector of Blakeney, Norfolk, and a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral. His mother, Anne Boak, was a close friend of Hannah More. Educated at his father's old college, St John's College, Cambridge, he was both Senior Wrangler and headed the list of Classicists in 1835, on the strength of which he was elected as a Fellow of his college. Influenced by Charles Simeon, he was ordained in 1836 and went to India as Chaplain to the Madras Presidency the following year. Forced by malaria to return to England in 1846, he became inaugural Vice Principal and then the second Principal of Brighton College. In post less than six years, he reinvigorated the languishing infant school. In a whirlwind of energetic reform, he overhauled the curriculum by introducing the teaching of the sciences and oriental languages, restored discipline, launched a fund to build a chapel, built the first on-site boarding house and connected the school to the town's gas supply.
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