Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton | |
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| Born | 20 September 1866 |
| Died | 26 June 1940 (aged 73) Midhurst, Sussex, England |
| Education | Hythe School of Musketry |
| Occupation(s) | Hunter, explorer, conservationist |
| Spouse | Hannah Brayton Slater |
| Children | Diana Powell-Cotton Antoinette Powell-Cotton Mary Powell-Cotton Christopher Powell-Cotton |
| Parent(s) | Henry Horace Powell-Cotton Matilda Christina (née Gordon) |
| Relatives | Ida Powell-Cotton Gerald Powell-Cotton |
Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, FZS, FRGS, FRAI, JP (20 September 1866 – 26 June 1940)[1] was an English explorer and hunter. He is most noted for the creation of the Powell-Cotton Museum in the grounds of his home, Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England. Powell-Cotton 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.[2] Despite this, Powell-Cotton was an early conservationist,[citation needed] helping to categorise a wide number of species across the globe. His two daughters, Antoinette Powell-Cotton and Diana Powell-Cotton shared his passion for conservation, and pursued archaeology and anthropology respectively.
Powell-Cotton made a large number of films (Powell-Cotton filmography) including ethnographic, documentary and wildlife films (Powell-Cotton Ethnographic Films).
- ^ Thanet Gazette, 'Obituary of Major Percy Powell-Cotton', 28 June 1940
- ^ Spence, Keith (1999). The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex. Boydell & Breyer Ltd. ISBN 978-1900639262.