Richard Coote (abt. 1620 - 1683)

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Died 10 Jul 1683 at about age 63 in Christ Church, Dublin, Ireland

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Richard Coote was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Birth

Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony (1620-1683) was the third son of Charles Coote 1st Bt. MP and Dorothea (Cuffe) Coote.

Career

"for the hearty concurrence with his brother, Sir Charles, in promoting the restoration of the King, was rewarded with the dignity of a peer of the realm, being the same day his brother was made an Earl, created Baron Coote of Coloony, by patent, dated by the King at Westminster 6 September 1660.

On 6 December 1653 he, Richard, Lord Coloony, was appointed one of the commissioners in the precinct of Athlone, for examining the delinquency of the Irish and other proprietors of lands, in order to the distinguishing of their respective qualifications, according to the act for settling of Ireland. On 6 February 1660, he was made major to the Duke of Albermarle's regiment of horse: appointed 19 March one of the commissioners for executing his Majesty's declaration for the settlement of Ireland; took his seat in Parliament 8 May 1661 and the same day made one of the committee for privileges and, 14, for grievances, being also, 31, appointed, with others, to consider the erecting of a college of physicians in Dublin, of what persons were fit to be incorporated, what privileges were fit for them to have, what lands in Mortmain, and what further power over apothecaries and other practitioners. On 1 July, his Lordship was amount those appointed to take into consideration the smallness of the salaries for judges, and maters of the chancery; and the fees of several officers of all the courts: And was chosen, with other Lords, 27 May 1862, to prepare votes, in order to an address to the Lords Justices and Council, for preparing and transmitting a bill explanatory of the acts of settlement; under which he had four several grants of lands; and 26 October 1675 was appointed one of the commissioners entrusted for the forty-nine officers, according to the intent of his Majesty's declaration. In 1676, he resided at Moore in the county of Meath, and at Princetown in the county of Westmeath."^[1][2]

Marriage

He married Mary St. George, second daughter of Sir George St. George of Carrickdrumruske in the county of Leitrim and Katherine Gifford.

Child of Richard Coote - no mother shown in sources docs, half-sibling to children of Richard's wife Mary St. George?

Hon. Chidley Coote^[3]

Children of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony and Mary St. George

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellamont+ d. 5 Mar 1700/1

Hon. Laetitia Coote+ d. 17 Mar 1729/30

Hon. Mary Coote+

Hon Catherine Coote

Hon. Elizabeth Coote

Hon. Thomas Coote+ b. c 1655

Death

He died on 10 July 1683 and is buried in Christ-Church in Dublin.

Sources

1. ↑ De Vlieger, Rev. A. “Historical and Genealogical Records of the Coote Family”, Lausanne: Bridel, 1900, Pages 35-6
2. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 12 October 2019
3. ↑ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 199. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

• Burke's DORMANT & EXTINCT PEERAGES (1883), p. 465
• lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2013/08/bellamont-forest.html
• http://thepeerage.com/p12954.htm#i129532
• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/coote1660.htm
• https://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I73745&tree=1
• http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/24748.html

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 107. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 415. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 416. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 199. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 32. [S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S3470] Marian Hastings, "re: Hastings Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 31 Deember 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Hastings Family." [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family." [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 109.

• Pedigree of the Molesworth Family, Page 1, Letitia, dau. of Richard Coote, Baron of Colloony. (title now extinct).

• Pedigree of the Molesworth Family, page 15, Mary St. George, (d.1701), married Richard Coote, Baron Coote of Coloony, (d.1683), and had Letitia Coote, who married Robert, 1st V.Molesworth.