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Eyre Coote (born 1857)
Eyre Coote may refer to: *Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) (1726–1783), Irish soldier and Commander-in-chief of India *Eyre Coote (British Army officer) (1762–1823), Irish-born general in the British Army *Eyre Coote (MP) (1806–1834), MP for Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency), Clonmel, son of the above *Eyre Tilson Coote, 3rd Baron Castle Coote (1793–1827), Sheriff of County Dublin *Eyre Coote (born 1857) (1857–1925), British Army Officer and Conservative candidate, Sheriff of County Dublin {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Eyre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Coote (East India Company Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB (1726 – 28 April 1783) was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between Britain and France. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur (Coote the Brave). Early life A member of the Coote family headed by the Earl of Mountrath, he was born in Kilmallock, near Limerick, Ireland, the son of the Reverend Chidley Coote and Jane Evans, daughter of George Evans, and sister of George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery. He entered the 27th Regiment of Foot. He first saw active service in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and later obtained a captaincy in the 39th Regiment, the first regular British regiment to serve in India. Career in India Recapture of Calcutta In 1756 a part of the regiment, then quartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Coote (British Army Officer)
Eyre Coote (20 May 1762 – 10 December 1823) was an Irish-born British soldier and politician who served as Governor of Jamaica. He attained the rank of general in the British Army and was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath before being stripped of his rank and honours in 1816 after conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Background He was the second son of the Very Rev. Charles Coote (1713 – 12 February 1776), DD, Dean of Kilfenora and wife (m. 31 July 1753) Grace Tilson (- 1 January 1767), brother of Charles Henry Coote (1754–1823), who succeeded the last Earl of Mountrath as 2nd Baron Castle Coote in 1802, and nephew of Sir Eyre Coote, KB, the celebrated Indian General, to whose vast estates in England and Ireland he eventually succeeded. Career Following studies at Eton and Trinity College Dublin, Coote purchased a commission in 1774 as an ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot, of which his uncle Lieutenant- General Sir Eyre Coote was colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Coote (MP)
Eyre Coote may refer to: *Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) (1726–1783), Irish soldier and Commander-in-chief of India *Eyre Coote (British Army officer) (1762–1823), Irish-born general in the British Army *Eyre Coote (MP) (1806–1834), MP for Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency), Clonmel, son of the above *Eyre Tilson Coote, 3rd Baron Castle Coote (1793–1827), Sheriff of County Dublin *Eyre Coote (born 1857) (1857–1925), British Army Officer and Conservative candidate, Sheriff of County Dublin {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Eyre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonmel (UK Parliament Constituency)
Clonmel was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. History The corporation of Clonmel, which was the local government of its area, was reformed by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. The parliamentary borough was not affected by this change in administrative arrangements. Samuel Lewis, writing in 1837, described the oligarchic constitution of the unreformed borough. Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Clonmel in County Tipperary. The boundary of the borough was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as: Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Ronayne's death caused a by-election. Ball was appointed as Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election. Ball was appointed a judge of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Tilson Coote
Eyre may refer to: Name *Eyre (given name) *Eyre (surname) Places Australia National *Eyre Highway, a highway connecting South Australia and Western Australia South Australia *Eyre Peninsula (other) *Eyre, South Australia, a suburb *Lake Eyre (other) Western Australia *Electoral district of Eyre *Esperance Plains, biogeographic region of Australia also known as Eyre Botanical District *Eyre Bird Observatory *Eyre Telegraph Station Elsewhere *Eyre, Raasay, a List of United Kingdom locations: Em-Ez#Ey, location in Highland, Scotland *Eyre, Saskatchewan, Canada *Eyre, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland *Eyre Creek (other) *Eyre Hall, home of the Eyre family in Virginia *Eyre River (other) *Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland *Leyre (river), France Other uses *Eyre (legal term), in medieval England *Jane Eyre (other) See also *Eyre legend, about the Eyre/Ayre family *Eyre Methuen, a publishing company *Éire, island of Ireland *Ayre {{dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Castle Coote
Baron Castle Coote, in the County of Roscommon, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Charles Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath, with remainder to his kinsman Charles Coote. The earldom of Mountrath became extinct on his death in 1802 (see Coote baronets for earlier history of the Coote family) while he was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by the aforementioned Charles Coote, the second Baron, who had previously represented Queen's County and Maryborough in the Irish House of Commons. The second Baron was the son of the Very Reverend Charles Coote, Dean of Kilfenora, great-grandson of Chidley Coote, younger son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet and brother of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath. He was succeeded by his only surviving son, Eyre, the third Baron, who died childless in 1827, when the barony became extinct. The second Baron was the nephew of Sir Eyre Coote, the brother of Sir Eyre Coote, the uncle of Eyre Coote, MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyre Coote (born 1857)
Eyre Coote may refer to: *Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) (1726–1783), Irish soldier and Commander-in-chief of India *Eyre Coote (British Army officer) (1762–1823), Irish-born general in the British Army *Eyre Coote (MP) (1806–1834), MP for Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency), Clonmel, son of the above *Eyre Tilson Coote, 3rd Baron Castle Coote (1793–1827), Sheriff of County Dublin *Eyre Coote (born 1857) (1857–1925), British Army Officer and Conservative candidate, Sheriff of County Dublin {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Eyre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
