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Cotter Baronetcy of Rockforest
– 1763 –
Blazon of Cotter Baronets of Rockforest, Cork (1763).svg
Arms: Quarterly, 1st & 4th, argent a chevron gules between three serpents proper, Cotter; 2nd and 3rd, azure, a fesse between a fleur-de-lis in chief and a mullet in base or, Rogerson.
Crest:-A dexter arm embowed, armed and grasping a dart, all proper.
Creation date11 August 1763
Created by King George III
Baronetage Baronetage of Ireland
First holder Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet
Present holderSir Julius Cotter, 8th Baronet
Heir apparentStuart Cotter
Remainder tothe 1st Baronet's heirs male
StatusExtant
Former seat(s)Anngrove,
Rockforest
MottoDUM SPIRO SPERO
(While I breath I hope.)

The Cotter Baronetcy of Rockforest, in the County of Cork, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. The baronetcy was created on 11 August 1763 for James Cotter, a member of the Irish House of Commons for Askeaton. [1]

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The Cotters are noted as one of the very few Irish families of verifiable Norse descent to survive the Norman invasion of Ireland, [2] and are said to descend from Óttar of Dublin, who was a Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin reigning from 1142 to 1148. [3] [4]

King James II of England promised the grandfather of the first Baronet, Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter, the title of Marquess, [5] but following the surrender of the Jacobite forces in 1691 James II went into exile and the promise could not be kept.

The actor Julius Cotter, the current holder of the title, is the 8th Baronet of Rockforest.

Family history

Sir James Cotter, the first Baronet, (MP for Askeaton), was educated at Midleton College. He was the son of the executed James Cotter the Younger and grandson of Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter. The authorities intervened in the education of the first Baronet and his siblings who were raised as Protestants. [6] This act eliminated one of the families who formed the hereditary leadership of the Catholic community in Ireland. Ultimately, the descendants of Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter retained their wealth and political prominence, but at the cost of losing the faith and culture their ancestors long upheld. He was created the first Baronet of Rockforest on 11 August 1763.

The second Baronet, who succeeded the first Baronet in 1770, was a member of parliament in the Irish House of Commons, representing Taghmon from 1771 to 1776 and Mallow from 1783 to 1790.

The third Baronet, who succeeded his father the second Baronet in 1829, represented Mallow in the British House of Commons. [7]

The fourth Baronet succeeded his father, the third Baronet, in 1834. He served in H.M. 27th Regt and was formerly one of Her Majesty's Body Guard. [8] In 1882 he was appointed to the office of High Sheriff of County Cork. [9] [10]

The fifth Baronet was a Lieutenant in the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry [11] and in 1914 was appointed to the office of High Sheriff of County Cork. [12] He succeeded his grandfather the fourth Baronet in 1902.

The sixth Baronet, Sir Delaval Cotter, the third Baronet's great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son except for the fourth Baronet who was succeeded by his grandson), was educated at Malvern College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 13th/18th Regiment of the Royal Hussars and fought in the Second World War, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. [13]

The seventh Baronet, Sir Patrick Laurence Delaval Cotter, was the only son of Laurence Stopford Llewellyn Cotter (killed in action in Sicily in 1943) and Grace Mary Downing. He was the nephew of the sixth Baronet and grandson of the fifth Baronet. [14] He succeeded his uncle as the 7th Baronet of Rockforest in 2001. Sir Patrick was educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He was an antique dealer, restorer and collector. [15]

The eighth Baronet (the current holder of the title) is the seventh Baronet's only son, Sir Julius Cotter. [16] He succeeded his father as the eighth Baronet of Rockforest on 11 January 2023. [17] He was educated at Allhallows College, Rousden and the University of East London (BA). [18] Cotter worked as an Assistant Director from 1999 to 2009, and has been an actor since 2010. [19] [20]

Seats: Anngrove, Rockforest

Anngrove Anngrove.jpg
Anngrove
Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest by James Latham Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest.png
Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest by James Latham
Rockforest, Mallow Rockforest.jpg
Rockforest, Mallow

Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter (Irish : Séamus Buidhe Mac Coitir or Séamus Mac Éamonn Mhic Coitir; c.1630–1705), knight and grandfather of the first Baronet of Rockforest, was one of the most prominent Catholic landlords in Ireland especially in County Cork. Born around 1630, the second son of Edmond Fitz Garrett Cotter of Anngrove and Elizabeth Connell of Barryscourt, he was knighted in 1685, and died in 1705.

James Cotter was an intimate of James II and probably served at sea with the King when he was still the Duke of York, in the war against the Dutch of 1665. King James II is reported to have familiarly referred to Cotter as "Shaymus Bwee," Séamus Buidhe in Irish. James Cotter is believed to have been knighted by King James in 1685 following the Battle of Sedgemoor. Sir James Cotter was Commander-in-Chief of King James II's forces in Cork, Limerick and Kerry and was a great ally to the House of Stuart. He lived at Ballinsperig, later to be known as Anngrove. When King James II landed in Kinsale in March 1689, he went to Annegrove and stayed there with Sir James. King James II promised Cotter an elevation to the peerage as a Marquess [21] but following the surrender of the Jacobite forces under the Treaty of Limerick in 1691, the King returned to France where he spent the rest of his life in exile and his promise to Cotter of a Marquessate could therefore not be kept.

Although a Jacobite, Sir James was politically astute having the support of his Protestant neighbours which allowed him to retain his property and lands. He was heralded by many poets in Ireland as one of the few Catholic landowners. [22] [23]

Rockforest then became the family's seat from the mid 18th century. Wilson, writing in 1786, describes it as "a most beautiful improvement, highly wooded, situated on the Blackwater, the seat of Sir James Laurence Cotter". The main section of the house and wings, built by Sir James, dates to the early Georgian period (his grandfather was granted the lands in 1652). This design incorporated an earlier house built during the reign of Elizabeth I which had been built by the original owners the Roches, Barons of Fermoy.

In 1837, in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis describes Rockforest thus: 'Rockforest the handsome mansion of Sir J. L. Cotter, Bart., is beautifully situated on a rising ground between the Black-water and the Lavally mountain, in an extensive and richly wooded demesne, bounded on the north by the river, which sweeps bodly under the rock or Carrig, the woods and castellated tower on the summit of the rock forming a most picturesque and interesting scene.' [24] It was here that the very rare form of quartz Cotterite was discovered by Grace Elizabeth Cotter (1830–79), first-born daughter of Reverend George Edward Cotter (third son of the second Baronet of Rockforest). [25] [26]

Rockforest was enventually sold in 1916, by the fifth Baronet. The then auction sales brochure called it to the attention of "Noblemen, Hunting Men, Capitalists and Others" and describes the house thus, "this stately Mansion, which is in perfect structural and decorative repair, occupies a commanding situation on an eminence richly timbered, and affords delightful and varied views in the midst of charming scenary on the River Blackwater". It continues, " ... justly enjoying the reputation as the most Desirable and Beautiful Residential Property on the fertile banks of the Irish Rhine".

Cotter, Baronets of Rockforest (1763)

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Map of Rockforest, Mallow

Present Baronet

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Argent a chevron gules between three serpents proper, Cotter

Sir Julius Laurence George Cotter, 8th Baronet (born 4 January 1968), is an Irish Baronet and actor. [29] Born in Dublin, Ireland, he is the only son of Sir Patrick Cotter, 7th Baronet of Rockforest, and his wife Janet Marjorie Patricia Potter, and the grand-nephew of the 6th Baronet. [30] [31]

Cotter was educated at Allhallows College, Rousden, and the University of East London where he graduated with a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art and Film Theory. [32] He worked as gallery assistant at the Michael Parkin Fine Art gallery in Belgravia, London (before its closure in 1999), cataloguing and hanging shows, and later as an Assistant Director for various Production Companies in Spain making commercials, documentaries and television series. [33]

Since 2010 Cotter has been an actor working in film and television. [34] He is known for the roles of Doisdado in the Prime Video series Operación Marea Negra / Silent Cargo (2023–2024), Mr. Anderson in the Netflix series Unauthorized Living (2020) and as Hugh Fleming in the series La Verdad (2018), also on Prime Video. He is credited as Julius Cotter. [35] Cotter has lived most of his life between England and Spain and works in both English and Spanish.

On 11 January 2023 he succeeded his father as the 8th Baronet of Rockforest (1763). [36]

The heir apparent is the present holder's cousin, Stuart Cotter.

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  2. ↑ Ó Murchadha, pp. 261–4
  3. ↑ Ó Murchadha, p. 261
  4. ↑ Debretts Peerage and Baronetage, 1955 Edition, p. 218
  5. ↑ Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1937, p. 29.
  6. ↑ Nichols, p. 121
  7. ↑ O'Hart, (Supplement – 2007 reprint) pp. 614–615.
  8. ↑ Burke's Peerage, 11th edition 1849, p. 245
  9. ↑ Burke's Peerage, 61st edition 1899, p. 354
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