Earl of Bellomont, in the

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, was a title that was created three times in the

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. The first creation came on 9 December 1680 when Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Baron Wotton, was made Earl of Bellomont. He had already been created Baron Wotton, of Wotton in the County of Kent, in the

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on 31 August 1650. He was childless and both titles became extinct on his death in 1683. The second creation came on 2 November 1689 Richard Coote, 2nd Baron Coote, later

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, was made Earl of Bellomont. He was the son of Richard Coote, who had been created Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony, in the County of Sligo, in the Peerage of Ireland on 6 September 1660. Lord Coote was a younger son of

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, and the younger brother of

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath (c. 1610 – 17 December 1661) was an Anglo-Irish peer, the son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet, and Dorothea Cuffe, the former being an English veteran of the Battle of Kinsale (1601) who subsequently ...

(see

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for more information on this branch of the family). Lord Bellomont was succeeded by his elder son, Nanfan, the second Earl, who in his turn was succeeded by his younger brother, Richard, the third Earl. The earldom became extinct when the latter died without surviving male issue in 1766. The late Earl was succeeded in the barony of Coote by his first cousin once removed, Charles Coote, who became the fifth Baron. Charles was the son of Charles Coote (1695–1750),

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for

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, son of Thomas Coote, a Justice of the

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, younger son of the first Baron. On 4 September 1767 the earldom of Bellomont was created for the third time when Charles was made Earl of Bellomont (although the title was probably erroneously spelt "Bell''a''mont" in the

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). On 18 May 1774 Lord Bellomont was created a Baronet, of Donnybrooke in the County of Dublin, in the

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, with remainder to his illegitimate son Charles Coote. On his death in 1800 the barony and earldom became extinct as he left no surviving legitimate male issue. He was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his illegitimate son, Charles, the second Baronet (see

for further history of this title).

Earls of Bellomont; First creation (1680)

Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont Charles Henry Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont (9 May 1643, The Hague – 1683) was a Dutch-born Irish peer, known as Lord Wotton from 1649 to 1680. Kirkhoven (the anglicised form of van der Kerckhove) was the only son of Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet ...

(died 1683)

Barons Coote (1660)

Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coote Earl of Bellomont, in the Kingdom of Ireland, was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came on 9 December 1680 when Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Baron Wotton, was made Earl of Bellomont. He had already be ...

(1620–1683) * Richard Coote, 2nd Baron Coote (1636–1701) (created Earl of Bellomont in 1689)

Earls of Bellomont; Second creation (1689)

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (sometimes spelled Bellamont, 1636 – 5 March 1700/01In the Julian calendar, then in use in England, the year began on 25 March. To avoid confusion with dates in the Gregorian calendar, then in us ...

(1636–1701) *Nanfan Coote, 2nd Earl of Bellomont (1681–1708), who married Lucia Anna de Nassau, daughter of Henry de Nassau, Count of Nassau, and Frances van Aersen, on 17 February 1705/6 (died September 1744).Buried at St James, Westminster, on 10 September 1744. Source: ''The Register of Burials in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754''. 10 September 1744. *

Richard Coote, 3rd Earl of Bellomont Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(1682–1766) **Richard Coote, Viscount Coote (died 1740) **Thomas Coote, Viscount Coote (1710–1765)

Barons Coote (1660; Reverted)

* Charles Coote, 5th Baron Coote (1738–1800) (created Earl of Bellomont in 1767)

Earls of Bellomont; Third creation (1767)

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont KB PC(I) (6 April 1738 – 20 October 1800), was an Irish peer. He held a senior political position as one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Charles was briefly styled as The 5th Baron Coote betwe ...

(1738–1800), who married Emily FitzGerald, daughter of the first Duke and Duchess of Leinster **Charles Coote, Viscount Coote (1778–1786)

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