Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet

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Sir James Cotter
1st Baronet of Rockforest
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Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest by James Latham
Successor Sir James Cotter, 2nd Baronet of Rockforest
Born1714
Died1770
ResidenceRockforest, Mallow
Spouse(s)Arabella Rogerson
IssueRogerson Cotter
Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet
Edmund Cotter
Reverend George Sackville Cotter
Parents James Cotter the Younger
Margaret Mathew of Thurles
Occupation Member of Parliament for Askeaton

Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and baronet.

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Career

Cotter was born into the Norse-Gaelic Cotter family, the son of James Cotter the Younger (1689–1720), a leading Roman Catholic and Jacobite in County Cork, by his marriage to Margaret Mathew. [1] After his father's death, he was brought up by guardians as a Protestant and educated at Midleton College, a Church of Ireland boarding school in County Cork [2] [3] and Trinity College Dublin.

Cotter served as a Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768. [1] On 11 August 1763 he was created a baronet, of Rockforest in the County of Cork, in the Baronetage of Ireland. [4] [5]

In 1746 Cotter married Arabella Rogerson, daughter of Sir John Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and Elizabeth Ludlow. Arabella was the widow of William Casaubon. [1] Together they had four children. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832), p. 292
  2. Burke's Peerage, 6th edition 1839, p. 244
  3. http://www.bryan-martin.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1277&tree=gam
  4. "No. 10308". The London Gazette . 26 April 1763. p. 5.
  5. William Betham, The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families, Volume 5 (Miller, 1805), p. 54
  6. Burke's Peerage, 77th edition 1915, p. 522
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Askeaton
1761–1768
With: Joseph Hoare
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
New creation Baronet
(of Rockforest)
1763–1770
Succeeded by