Earl of Bellomont

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Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont

Earl of Bellomont (or Bellamont ) was a hereditary British title of nobility created three times in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awards and subordinate titles

The title was created on December 9, 1680 for Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Baron Wotton . He came from a Dutch family and was a courtier in the household of the Princess Royal Mary Henrietta of Orange-Nassau . On August 31, 1650, he had already been awarded the title Baron Wotton , of Wotton in the County of Kent in the Peerage of England . Since he remained childless, both titles expired on his death on January 5, 1683.

In the second bestowal, the title was created on November 2, 1689 for the former member of the House of Commons and later Governor of the Province of New York Richard Coote, 2nd Baron Coote of Coloony . He had inherited the title of Baron Coote of Coloony , of Coloony in the County of Sligo , from his father in 1683 , which he had been given on September 6, 1660, also in the Peerage of Ireland. With the childless death of his younger son, the 3rd Earl, on February 10, 1766, the earl title expired. The title of baron fell to his second uncle Charles Coote as 5th baron.

For this, the earl title was newly created in the third award on September 4, 1767. In contrast to the earl titles of the first and second awards, this time the title was written in the Earl of Bell a mont award certificate . When he died on October 20, 1800 without a legitimate heir, both titles became void.

List of the Earls of Bellomont and Barone Coote of Coloony

Earls of Bellomont, first bestowal (1680)

Barone Coote of Coloony (1660)

Earls of Bellomont, second bestowal (1689)

Barone Coote of Coloony (1660; continued)

Earls of Bellamont (1767)

See also

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