Peerage Record – 12954

     Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont was the son of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony and Mary St. George.² He married Catherine Nanfan, daughter of Bridges Nanfan and Catharine Hastings, on 19 August 1680.² He died on 5 March 1700/1 at New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 25 February 1704/5.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony, co. Sligo [I., 1660] on 10 July 1683.² In 1688 he was one on the first to join the Prince of Orange.² He held the office of Governor of County Leitrim in 1689.² He held the office of Treasurer to the Queen between 1689 and 1693.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Droitwich between 1689 and 1695.² In May 1689 he was attainted in his abscence by the Irish Parliament of King James II.² He was created 1st Earl of Bellomont, in our Kingdom of Ireland [Ireland] on 2 November 1689, along with the preposterous grant of 77,000 acres of forfeited Irish lands.¹ He held the office of Governor of Massachusetts in 1695.² He held the office of Governor of New York between 1697 and 1701.² His last will was dated 23 August 1697. The King had sent him to New York to put down the “freebooting”. Unfortunately he was responsible for outfitting the veteran mariner William Kidd, who turned into ‘Captain Kidd’, who terrorised the merchants until his capture in 1698.²
     According to Cokayne “he was a man of eminently fair character, upright, courageous and endependent. Though a decided Whig he had disinguished himself by bringing before the Parliament at Westminster some tyrannical acts done by Whigs at Dublin.”²

     Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony was born in 1620.² He was the son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Bt. and Dorothea Cuffe.² He married Mary St. George, daughter of Sir George St. George and Katherine Gifford.¹ He died on 10 July 1683 at Christ Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He was buried on 12 July 1683.³
     He was a Commissioner in the precinct of Athlone for examining the ‘Irish’ delinquents.² He gained the rank of Major in the General Monck’s Regiment of Horse.² He was created 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony, co. Sligo [Ireland] on 6 September 1660.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in December 1660.² He lived at Colooney, County Sligo, Ireland^G.²

     Mary St. George was the daughter of Sir George St. George and Katherine Gifford.^1,2 She married Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony, son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Bt. and Dorothea Cuffe.¹ She died on 5 November 1701 at Kilrush, County Kilkenny, Ireland^G.² She was buried at Christ Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.²
     Her married name became Coote. After her marriage, Mary St. George was styled as Baroness Coote on 6 September 1660.

     Sir George St. George was born on 13 January 1583.² He was the son of Sir Richard St. George and Elizabeth St. John.³ He married Katherine Gifford, daughter of Richard Gifford.⁴ He died on 5 August 1660 at age 77 at Headfort, County Galway, Ireland.²
     He held the office of Deputy Administrator of Connaught.⁴ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)³ He lived at Carrick-drummuske, County Leitrim, Ireland^G.¹

     Catherine Nanfan was born on 9 February 1665.¹ She was the daughter of Bridges Nanfan and Catharine Hastings.¹ She was baptised on 13 February 1665 at St. Gile’s-in-the-Fields Church, London, England^G.¹ She married, firstly, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, son of Richard Coote, 1st Lord Coote, Baron of Coloony and Mary St. George, on 19 August 1680.¹ She married, secondly, Admiral William Caldwell on 1 April 1702 at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, London, England^G.¹ She married, thirdly, Samuel Pytts on 24 November 1720 at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, London, England^G.¹ She married, fourthly, William Bridgen on 3 December 1737 at Morton Court, Herefordshire, England^G.¹ She died on 12 March 1737/38 at age 73 at Morton Court, Herefordshire, England^G.¹ She was buried at Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, England^G.¹ Her will (dated 11 March 1737/8) was proven (by probate) in June 1741.¹
     From 19 August 1680, her married name became Coote.¹ After her marriage, Catherine Nanfan was styled as Baroness Coote on 10 July 1683. After her marriage, Catherine Nanfan was styled as Countess of Bellomont on 2 November 1689. From 1 April 1702, her married name became Caldwell.¹ On 4 June 1704 she succeeded her father to the estates of Birtsmorton and Berrow, Worcestershire.¹ From 24 November 1720, her married name became Pytts.¹ From 3 December 1737, her married name became Bridgen.¹

     Bridges Nanfan was born circa 1622.¹ He married Catharine Hastings, daughter of Sir George Hastings and Seymour Prynne, on 15 November 1660 at St. Dionis Backchurch, Fenchurch Street, London, England^G.² He died on 4 June 1704.¹
     He lived at Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, England^G.¹

     Catharine Hastings is the daughter of Sir George Hastings and Seymour Prynne.^1,2 She married Bridges Nanfan on 15 November 1660 at St. Dionis Backchurch, Fenchurch Street, London, England^G.²
     From 15 November 1660, her married name became Nanfan.²

     Sir George Hastings was born circa 1587 at Ashby, Leicestershire, England^G.² He married Seymour Prynne, daughter of Sir Gilbert Prynne and Maria Davis, on 6 May 1619 at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, England^G.² He died on 4 June 1641 at Gray’s Inn, London, England^G.²

     Admiral William Caldwell was born circa 1663.¹ He married Catherine Nanfan, daughter of Bridges Nanfan and Catharine Hastings, on 1 April 1702 at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, London, England^G.¹ He died in 1718.¹ He was buried at Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, England^G.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Admiral of the Red.¹ He lived at St. James’s, London, England^G.¹

     Samuel Pytts married Catherine Nanfan, daughter of Bridges Nanfan and Catharine Hastings, on 24 November 1720 at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, London, England^G.¹
     He lived at Kyre, Worcestershire, England^G.¹