Sir Algernon Coote, 11th Baronet (29 September 1817 – 20 November 1899) was an

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first-class

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er and clergyman. The son of Sir Charles Coote and Caroline Elizabeth Whaley, he was born at

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in Ireland. He was educated in England at

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, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played

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for

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against the

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(MCC) at

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in 1837. In the same season he also played for the Gentlemen in the

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fixture at Lord's. He featured for Oxford on nine further occasions to 1840, including playing for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the MCC in 1839. In ten matches for Oxford, he scored 129 runs at an

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of 7.16, with a high score of 34

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. After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the

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. Coote was the vicar of

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from 1856–71. He married twice, firstly to Cecilia Matilda Plumptre from 1847 to her death in 1878, with the couple having six children. Following Cecilia's death, he married Constance Headlam in 1879, with the couple having three children. Coote succeeded his elder brother, Charles, as the 11th Baronet upon his death in November 1895. He was the

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in 1897. Coote died at Ballyfin in November 1899, at which point he was succeeded as the 12th Baronet by his son, Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote. His nephew, Charles Coote, also played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Algernon 1817 births 1899 deaths People from County Laois People educated at Eton College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Irish cricketers Oxford University cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers 19th-century Irish Anglican priests Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High Sheriffs of Queen's County