Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and baronet.
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 |
| Born | 1714 |
| Died | 1770 |
| Residence | Rockforest, Mallow |
| Spouse(s) | Arabella Rogerson |
| Issue | Rogerson 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 |
Career
editCotter 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Burke's Peerage, 6th edition 1839, p. 244
- ^ http://www.bryan-martin.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1277&tree=gam
- ^ "No. 10308". The London Gazette. 26 April 1763. p. 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
- ^ Burke's Peerage, 77th edition 1915, p. 522