84 CASTLE COOTE II. 1802. 2. Charles Henry (Coote), Baron Castle CooTE [I.], sue. to that title under the spec. rem. in the patent of 31 July 1800. He was s. and h. of Charles Coote, Dean of Kilfenora, by- Grace, da. of Thomas Tilson, which Charles was yr. br. of Robert Coote (*) of Ash Hill, CO. Limerick, both being sons of the Rev. Chidley C, of the same, D.D., who was s. of Chidley C., of Killester, co. Dublin, yr. br. of Charles, ist Earl of Mountrath [I.], both being sons of Sir Charles Coote, Bart. [I.], so cr. 1621. He was ^. 25 Aug. 1754. M.P. for Queen's County 1776-83, for Maryborough 1783-97, and for Queen's County again 1 797-1 802. Genealogist to the Order of St. Patrick. 1 783-1 804; Commissioner of Barracks [I.] 1788-89; of Accounts [I.] 1789-95; of Cus- toms [1.] 1795-99 and 1802-03, and (First Commissioner) 1806 till his death, and of Excise [I.] 1 799-1 806. P.C. [I.] 23 Dec. 1800. He m., 22 May 1779, Elizabeth Anne, ist da. and coh. of the Rev. Henry Tilson, D.D., of Eagle Hill, co. Kildare, by Anne, da. of William Bushe, of Cork Abbey. She i/. in Dublin 18 Jan. 1821. He d'. 22 Jan. 1823, at Leopards- town, his seat near Dublin, aged 68.() Will pr. Jan. 1824. IIL 1823 3. Eyre Tilson (Coote), Baron Castle Coote [L], to 3rd, but only surv. s. and h.,('^) i>. 21 Sep. 1793. Sheriff 1827. of CO. Dublin 1818. He m., July 1822, Barbara, 2nd da. and coh. of Sir Joshua Colles Meredyth, Bart. [L], of Greenhills, co. Kildare, by his ist wife, Maria, da. and h. of Laurence Coyne Nugent, of co. Westmeath. He tJ. s.p., 24 Mar. 1827, at Paris, aged 33, when his Peerage became extinct.(^) Will pr. Oct. 1827. His widow m., July 1828, Joseph (Leeson), 4th Earl of Milltown [I.], who d. 31 Jan. 1866, aged 66. She d. 14 Feb. 1874, at De Vesci Terrace, Kensington. CASTLE CUFFE i.e. "Coote OF Castle Cuffe," Barony [I.] {Coote)^cr. 6 Sep. 1660 with "Mountrath," Earldom of [I.], which see; extinct 1802. i.e. "Castle Cuffe," Viscountcy [I.] {Cuffe), cr. 20 Dec. 1793, with "Desart," Earldom of [L], which see. (*) Charles Henry Coote, grandson and h. of this Robert, became, in 1802, on the death of the Earl of Mountrath, the head of the family, and, as such, inherited the Baronetcy [I.] conferred in 1 62 1 on his ancestor. C') The Rev. John R. Scott, in A Review of the Irish House of Commons, 1789, mentions his amiable character, " his worthy mind, his friendly temper, and his generous heart," and that his delivery has " a wonderful tendency to dispose an audience to sleep;" and concludes, "He is invariable in his attachment to the Minister, and un- deviating in the support of the schemes and measures of administration. The two sheet anchors of pension and place prevent all variation in his conduct." V.G. (') The 1st s., Charles Henry, i. 22 May i 781, Lieut. Col. of the Queen's County Militia, d. at Leopardstown, near Dublin, 5 Sep. 1 8 10. The 2nd s., William Burke Conyngham Coote, b. 28 Aug. 1787, d. at sea 3 May 1799. V.G. i^) It was used as one of the extinctions required (under the Act of Union) for the creation, in 1831, of the Viscountcy of Guillamore.
