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Mountrath, Earl of (I, 1660 - 1802)

Creation: let.pat. 6 Sep 1660

Extinct: 1 Mar 1802

Family name: Coote

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Arms:

Argent a Chevron Sable between three Coots proper

Crest:

A Coot proper

Supporters:

On either side a Wolf Sable ducally gorged Argent

Motto:

 Vincit Veritas

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Charles [Coote], 1st Earl of Mountrath

son and heir of Rt Hon Sir Charles Coote, 1st Bt., by his wife Dorothea Cuffe, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Hugh Cuffe, of Cuffe's Wood, co. Cork

born

c. 1610

mar. (1)

Mary Ruish, sister and cohrss. of Thomas Ruish, and 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Sir Francis Ruish, of Castle Jordan, co. Meath, and Ruish Hall, Queen's County, by his wife Mary Duke, only surv. child and hrss. of Sir Henry Duke, of Castle Jordan, co. Meath

only child by first wife

1. Hon Charles Coote, later 2nd Earl of Mountrath

mar. (2)

bef. May 1645 Jane Hannay (mar. (2) c. 1662 Sir Robert Reading, 1st Bt.; bur. 18 Nov 1684 in Westminster Abbey), dau. of Sir Robert Hannay, 1st Bt., of Mochrum, co. Kirkcudbright, by his wife Jean Stewart

children by second wife

2. Col Hon Richard Coote, of Tullaghmine, co. Kilkenny, mar. Penelope Hill, dau. of Arthur Hill, of Hillsborough, co. Down, and had issue:

1a. Rose Coote (dsp.), mar. as his first wife her cousin Charles [Boyle], 2nd Viscount Blesington

2a. Jane Coote (d. 25 Jun 1729; bur. in St Michan's Church, Dublin), mar. (1) Sir William Evans, 1st Bt., of Kilcreene, co. Kilkenny (dspms. May 1690), (2) as his second wife Henry Gorges, of Somerset, co. Derry (d. 1695), (3) Jervais Price, of the Inner Temple, London, and (4) 1703 Maj William Billingsley, of the Three Castles, co. Kilkenny, and had issue by her first husband

3. Hon Chidley Coote, of Sherwood Park, co. Carlow

1. Lady Dorothy Coote (d, 8 Feb 1677), mar. Rev Moses Viredett

died

18 Dec 1661 (bur. in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin)

created

6 Sep 1660 Baron Coote, of Castle Cuffe in King's County, Viscount Coote, of Castle Coote in the County of Roscommon, and Earl of Mountrath, in Queen's County

suc. by

son by first wife

note

knighted 1626;  Member of Parliament for co. Leitrim 1639 in the Irish Parliament and for cos. Galway and Mayo 1654-55, 1656-58 and 1659 in the English Parliament;  suc. his father as 2nd Baronet and Provost Marshal of Connaught 1642;  helped to suppress the Catholic Irish rebellion 1641-43;  joined the Parliamentary Party and appointed Lord President of Connaught 1645;  Commissioner of Connaught 1652;  started to take active measures in favour of the restoration of King Charles II in 1659;  one of the five Parliamentary Commissioners for the Government of Ireland 1659/60 ; secured Dublin Castle for King Charles II 1659/60;  one of the seven Commissioners for Irish Affairs 1659/60;  President of Connaught and Keeper of Athlone Castle 1660;  one of the three Lords Justices (Regents) of Ireland 1660;  Capt of a Troop of Horse 1661

Charles [Coote], 2nd Earl of Mountrath

born

c. 1630

mar.

c 23 Jun 1653 Alice Meredyth, attainted by King James's Irish Parliament 1689 (d. 1698), dau. of Sir Robert Meredyth, of Greenhills, co. Kildare, Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, by his wife Anne Usher, 6th dau. of Sir William Usher, Clerk of the Irish Council

children

1. Hon Charles Coote, later 3rd Earl of Mountrath

1. Lady Anne Coote (d. 6 Apr 1725; bur. in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin), mar. Nov 1672 as his second wife Murrough [Boyle], 1st Viscount Blesington, and had issue

died

30 Aug 1672 (bur. in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin)

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1660; Member of Parliament for co. Roscommon 1661; had a general pardon for all offences committed during the Civil War 1662; Capt of Foot 1662

Charles [Coote], 3rd Earl of Mountrath, PC

born

c. 1655

mar.

after 4 Aug 1679 Lady Isabella Dormer (b. 27 Aug 1663; bur. 6 Jul 1691 at Wing, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. and cohrss. in her issue of Charles [Dormer], 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, by his first wife Hon Elizabeth Capell, 2nd dau. of Arthur [Capell], 1st Baron Capell

children

1. Hon Charles Coote, later 4th Earl of Mountrath

2. Hon Henry Coote, later 5th Earl of Mountrath

3. Hon Algernon Coote, later 6th Earl of Mountrath

died

29 May 1709 (bur. at Wing, co. Buckingham)

suc. by

son

note

his estate, worth £2,250 a year in rents, was sequestered by King James's Irish Parliament 1689; carried the Banner of Ireland at the funeral of Queen Mary II 1694; Privy Councillor [I] 1695 and 1702; one of the Lords Justices (Regents) of Ireland 1696-97

Charles [Coote], 4th Earl of Mountrath, PC

born

c. 1680

died

14 Sep 1715 (bur. in St James's Church, Westminster)

suc. by

brother

note

Privy Councillor [I] 1711

Henry [Coote], 5th Earl of Mountrath, PC

born

4 Jan 1683/4

died

27 Mar 1720 (bur. in St James's Church, Westminster)

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Knaresborough 1715-20; Privy Councillor [I] 1718

Algernon [Coote], 6th Earl of Mountrath, PC

bapt.

6 Jun 1689

mar.

28 Nov 1721 Lady Diana Newport (d. 14 Jul 1766; bur. in Westminster Abbey), 4th dau. of Richard [Newport], 2nd Earl of Bradford, by his wife Mary Wilbraham, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Bt., of Woodhey, co. Chester

only child

1. Hon Charles Henry Coote, later 7th Earl of Mountrath

died

27 Aug 1744 (bur. in the Duke of Argyll's vault in Westminster Abbey)

suc. by

son

note

Privy Councillor [I] 1723; Member of Parliament (Anti-Walpolean Whig) for Castle Rising 1724-34 and for Hedon 1742-44; Governor of Queen's County

Charles Henry [Coote], 7th Earl of Mountrath, PC

born

c. 1725

died

1 Mar 1802

created

31 Jul 1800 Baron Castle Coote, with a special remainder, failing the heirs male of his body to his kinsman Rt Hon Charles Henry Coote

note

Privy Councillor [I] 1761

On the death of the 7th Earl of Mountrath the Earldom of Mountrath and other Irish titles created in 1660 became extinct, the Barony of Castle Coote passed to his distant cousin but became extinct in 1827, and the Irish Baronetcy created in 1621 passed to another distant cousin . Under his will he left his English estates (Dereham Abbey, co. Norfolk, etc.) to his cousin, Henry [Newport], 3rd Earl of Bradford, and his Irish estates to the Coote family.

 First written 17 Nov 2009

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