Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB 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.
Eyre Coote 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.
Piers is an old English given name and surname, and has the same origins as Peter. Its meaning is 'rock, stone'.
The 84th Regiment of Foot was a British regiment raised for service in India with the British East India Company.
Events from the year 1726 in Ireland.
Callan is a given name and surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It can derive from Ó Cathaláin, meaning descendant of Cathalán. Callan can also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Allin or Mac Callin. Notable people with the name include:
Events from the year 1762 in Ireland.
Coote is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Crowe is a surname of Middle English origin. Its Old English origin means 'crow', and was a nickname for someone said to resemble this bird, probably if they had very dark hair. The name is historically most common in the English Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk particularly around the City of Norwich. The name may alternatively have a Gaelic origin: in Ireland, it may originate as an anglicisation of Mac Enchroe while in the Isle of Man it represents an anglicised version of Mc Crawe (1540).
Charles Henry Coote, 2nd Baron Castle Coote PC, known as Charles Coote until 1802, was an Irish politician.
Robert John Abercromby was the seventh Scottish Abercromby baronet. He held the estates of Birkenbog and Forglen, as well as land in Ireland. He served as Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire, and Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Supply for both Aberdeenshire and Banffshire.
Sackville is the given name of:
Patrick Bernard Coote was a British bobsledder, Irish international rugby union player and Royal Air Force pilot. He played rugby for Leicester Tigers between 1931–33.
Charles Coote was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland.
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