354 COOTE— COKBET. COOTE OF COLOONY. Barony [I.] 1, Richard Coote of Coloo iy, co. Sligo, 3rd s. of Sir I 1660 Charles Coote, Hart. [I.], Provost Marshal of Connaught, by Dorothea, da. and coheir of Hugh CfKFB of Culle's Wood, co. Cork, was b 1620; was one of the Commissioners in the preeinot <if Athloue for examining the Irish "delinquents;" was .Major to Gen. Monek's Uog. of Horse, and, having assisted the measures of his elder br., Sir Charles Coote, Hart., in promoting the restoration of the King, was, on 6 Sep. 1660 (the same day on which his said br. was cr. Earl of Mouatrath fIJ), a: LOliD COOTE, BARON OF COLOONY, co. SUgo [I.],(») taking his seat 6 May 1661. He hi. Mary, sister of Sir Oliver St. Georoe, 1st Bart. [I.], da. of Sir George St. Geouoe, Dep. Admiral of Connaught, by Katharine, da. of Richard Gikkord, of Castle Jordan, co. Meath. He d. 10 and was bur. 12 .July 16S3, in Christ Church. Dublin. His widow (whose estate of £580 a year was seques- trated by the Pari, of James II), at Kilrush, co. Kilkenny, 5 Nov. 1701, and was bur. at Christ Church afsd. II. 16S3. 2. Richard (Coote), Lord Coote, Baron of 1 5 ,_' Coloony [I.], -2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. On 2 Nov. 1689 I £ 5 he was cr. EARL OP BELLO MONT( b ) [I.] He was Governor of New York hi 2695, w here he d. 5 March 1700. III. 1700. 3. Nan-fan (Coote), Earl of Bellomont, = ir§ s.p.m. 12 July 1708 Loud Coote, Baron of Coloony [I.], s. and h. He d. 1 *j = 1- a 2 IV. 1708. 4. Richard (Coote), Earl of Bellomont, Lord Coote, Baron ok Coloony [I.J, only br. ami h. male. He d. s.p m.s. 10 Feb. 1766, aged 83, when the Earldom "of Bellomont [I.], I extinct^) J £ § 5 V. 1766, 5. Charles (Coote), Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony to [I.], coitBin and h. male, being s. and Ii. of Charles Coote, of Coot* 1S00. Hill, co. Cavan (sometime M.P. for that co.), by Prudence, da. of Richard Geeiiino (one of the six clerks of the Court of Chancery) which Charles was s. of the Hon. Thomas Coote of the same, 4th and yst. s. of Richard, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony [1.] On 4 Sep. 1767, he was er. EARL OK BULLAMONT(>>; [I.] On 12 May 1774 he was nr. a Baronet, with a .ipcr. rem. He d. «.p. legit. 20 Oct. 1800, when oil hit Pccra'je honours became cri'nc(.( c ) See fuller account under " Bellomont," Vol. i, p. 315. CORBET. Barony by 1. Peter Corbet, of Caus, Salop, s, and h. of Thomas writ. c. 0 f the same, by Isabel, widow of Alan I)E Dunstanville, sister and I 1295 coheir of Reginald DE Vai.letort, of Tiematon Castle, Cornwall, tuc, his father in 1273, had a grant in 1281 of taking the wolves in all the Royal forests, served in the wars with Wales and France, and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD CORBET) by writs 23 June 12!)5( d ) to 26 Sep. 1300. Ho in. Alice, and d. (28 Ed. I) 1300. (") See the preamble to the patent in " Lodge,'* Vol. iii, p. 207, note ( b ) Bellomont in the creation of 1689 but (contrary to grammar) Bollimont in that of 1767. ( c ) The 4th Lord had two sons, each successively his heir ap.,and the 5th Lord had one such son, all styled respectively Lord Coote, or Lord Coloony. See .an account of these, ante, Vol. i, pp. 314 and 315. (<*) He was one of those sum. to attend the King, 8 June 1294, as to which writ see Vol. i, p. 259, note " c," under " Basskt."
