Charles Coote | |
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Baronet Coote of Castle Cuffe | |
Tenure | 1621–1642 |
Successor | Charles, 1st Earl of Mountrath |
Born | 1581 |
Died | 7 May 1642 |
Spouse(s) | Dorothea Cuffe |
Issue Detail | Charles & others |
Father | Nicholas Coote |
Mother | Eleanor Stanhope |
Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet (1581–1642), of Castle Cuffe in Queen's County, was an English soldier, administrator and landowner who lived in Ireland. He fought in the Siege of Kinsale (1601–1602) in the Nine Years' War and led the decisive cavalry charge at the Battle of Kilrush(1642) of the Irish Confederate Wars.