Percy Powell Cotton

Major Percy Horace Gordon PowellCotton, FZS, FRGS, FRAI, JP was an explorer, hunter and early conservationist, most noted for the creation of the PowellCotton Museum in the grounds of his home, Quex Park in BirchingtononSea, Kent, England. PowellCotton is noted for bringing an extraordinary number of animal specimens back from his travels across Africa, potentially creating the largest collection of game ever shot by one man. Despite this, PowellCotton was an early conservationist, helping categorise a wide number of species across the globe. His two daughters, Antoinette PowellCotton and Diana PowellCotton shared his passion for conservation, pursuing archaeology and anthropology respectively.

Percy PowellCotton was born onSeptember 1866, in Garlinge, Margate, to Henry Horace PowellCotton and Matilda Christina . PowellCotton had two siblings a sister, Ida and a brother, Gerald. Most of PowellCottons early life was spent in London, although he joined his family on many weekend and summer trips to their home in Margate. Aged fifteen, PowellCotton helped his father modernise Quex House, before the family returned to live there. Whilst living there, PowellCotton began breeding chickens, hunting rabbits and photographing wildlife. He kept meticulous records of these endeavours, a habit that would follow him into later life.

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