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Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet
Irish politician (1714–1770) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and baronet.
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Career
Cotter 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]
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