The Earl of Bellomont | |
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| Earl of Bellomont | |
 Portrait of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, by Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
| Tenure | 1767–1800 |
| Other titles | Baron Coote |
| Born | Charles Coote 6 April 1738 |
| Died | 20 October 1800 (aged 62) Dublin |
| Cause of death | Inflammation of the lungs[1] |
| Offices | Joint Postmaster General of Ireland |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Emily Maria Margaret FitzGerald |
| Issue | Charles, Viscount Coote: died 1786 Mary Prudentia Emily Louisa |
| Parents | Charles Coote (1695–1750) and Prudence Geering |
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont KB PC(I) (6 April 1738 – 20 October 1800),[2] was an Irish peer.[1][3] He held a senior political position as one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Charles was briefly styled as The 5th Baron Coote between February 1766 and his elevation to the earldom in September 1767.
- ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Vol 2. London: The St. Catherine Press. p. 109.
- ^ "Irish Legislation Database". Queen's University Belfast. 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn (1789). Peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present Nobility of that Kingdom: Vol III. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 216–217.