A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cotgrave, Richard
COTGRAVE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Richard Cotgrave is brother of Commander Edw. Stone Cotgrave, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1810; passed his examination in 1819; attained the rank of Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1825; joined, 4 March following, the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, on the South American station, where he remained two years; and, since 13 Feb. 1839, has been employed in the Coast Guard.