of Exeter F.S.A. William Cotton

William Cotton, F.S.A., was a British writer associated with Exeter. Contemporary bibliographic records describe him as the author of works including Everybody's Guide to Money Matters, The Bank Manager, An Elizabethan Guild, and Gleanings from Records.

His writing seems to have ranged across two main interests: practical guidance on banking and investing, and the study of local and historical records. Everybody's Guide to Money Matters presents him as a writer who wanted to make financial topics easier for ordinary readers to understand.

Sources connected with that book also describe him as a former treasurer of the county of Devon and as the originator of the postal order system. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not found during this search.