Born in Bristol and lived in Cardiff from 1868-1891. Formed large collections of British and foreign material (mainly molluscs)by exchange. He was at one time tutor to the Marquis of Bute’s children and suffered for the last 18 years of his life from chronic asthma. According to his entry in Fenscore apart from his interest in molluscs he ‘also took a great interest in bees and beetles, writing a section on entomology in collaboration with Mr J.R.le B Tomlin for the British Association Handbook, 1891. In Mr Tomlin’s catalogue of Glamorgan Coleoptera Mr Wotton’s entomological work was of much use’. There is a biography in Trans.Cardiff Nat.Soc. 32, pp. 67-69 which I have not seen. (MD 12/04)
Dates
1847 – 1899