George Cottrell

George Cottrell (born 1 October 1993) is a British financier and convicted felon. He was a senior advisor to Nigel Farage and served as head of fundraising for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) until his arrest in the USA following the 2016 Republican National Convention. Early life and family Cottrell was born in London, England, to an aristocratic family. His father, Mark Cottrell, a businessman and landowner from Gloucestershire, attended Gordonstoun School with Prince Andrew, Duke of York. George Cottrell's mother, The Honourable Fiona Watson, a daughter of Rupert Watson, 3rd Baron Manton (d.2003), is a former glamour model and girlfriend of Charles, Prince of Wales. Cottrell's maternal uncle Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, was the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and served as Treasurer of the Conservative Party but later defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2011. Cottrell was raised and educated on the private island of Mustique before attending Malvern College, from which he was expelled for illegal gambling.