4i6 COOTE Athlone for examining the Irish "delinquents"; Major in Gen. Monck's regt. of Horse, and, having assisted the measures of his elder br., Sir Charles Coote, Bart., in promoting the restoration of the King, was, on 6 Sep. 1660 (the same day on which his said br. was cr. Earl of Mountrath [I.]), cr. LORD COOTE, BARON OF COLOONY, co. Sligo [I.],C) taking his seat 6 May 1661. P.C. [I.] Dec. 1660. He m. Mary, sister of Sir Oliver St. George, ist Bart. [I.], da. of Sir George St. George, Deputy Adm. of Connaught, by Katherine, da. of Richard Gifford, of Ballymagarett, CO. Roscommon. He d. 10, and was bur. 12 July 1683, in Christ Church, Dublin, aged 63. His widow (whose estate of ^^580 a year was sequestrated by the Pari, of James II) d. 5 Nov. 1701, at Kilrush, co. Kilkenny, and was bur. at Christ Church afsd. II. 1683. 2. Richard (Coote), Lord Coote, Baron OF CoLOONY [I.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. On 2 Nov. 1689 he was cr. EARL OF BELLOMONT [I.J.C) He was Governor of New York in 1695, where he d. 5 Mar. 1 700/ 1 . III. 1700. 3. Nanfan (Coote), Earl of Bellomont, Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony [I.], s. and h. He d. s.p.m., 14 June 1708. IV. 1708. 4. Richard (Coote), Earl of Bellomont, Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony [I.], only br. and h. male. He d. s.p.m.s., 10 Feb. 1766, aged 83, when the Earldom of Bellomont [I.] became extinct.{^) 2 c/5 o 2 n" W ».. "1 <" 13 § ►H O "^ Om — I 2 OS t-i p, • I — I n «^ _ 00 c- so o V. 1766 5. Charles (Coote), Lord Coote, Baron of Go- to loony [I.], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Charles 1800. Coote, of Coote Hill, co. Cavan (M.P. for that co. 1727 till his death, 19 Oct. 1750), by Prudence, da. of Richard Geering (one of the six clerks of the Court of Chancery [I.]), which Charles was s. of the Hon. Thomas Coote, of the same, a Judge of the King's Bench [I.], 4th and yst. s. of Richard, ist Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony [I.]. On 4 Sep. 1767, he was cr. EARL OF BELLAMONT [I.J.C') On 12 May 1774 he was cr. a Baronet, with a spec. rem. He d. s.p. legit., 20 Oct. I 800, when all his Peerage honours became extinct.^") See fuller account under "Bellomont." (') See the preamble to the patent in Lodge, vol. iii, p. 207, note. C") Belbmont in the creation of 1689, but Bellamont in that of 1767. See vol. i, p. 113, note " b." ('^) The 4th Lord had two sons, each successively his heir ap., and the 5th Lord had one such son, all stykd respectively Lord Coote, or Lord Coloony. See an account of these, ante, vol. ii, p. 109.
