Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont

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Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and colonial governor who served as royal governor of New York, Massachusetts Bay, and New Hampshire at the turn of the 18th century.

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Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont canonical 9
Richard Coote 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish nobleman
colonial governor
human
appointedBy William III of England
areaOfActivity British America
surface form: British North America

Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
birthPlace Ireland
birthYear 1636
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfDeath 1701-03-05
deathPlace New York City
Province of New York
deathYear 1701
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Coote
father Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Coote
givenName Richard
governorOf Province of Massachusetts Bay
Province of New Hampshire
Province of New York
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf House of Commons of England
surface form: English House of Commons

Irish peerage
monarchDuringTerm William III of England
mother Mary St. John
nobleRank Earl
nobleTitle Earl of Bellomont
notableEvent commissioned William Kidd as a privateer against pirates
oversaw administration of New York after Leisler's Rebellion
notableFor efforts to suppress piracy in the Atlantic
involvement in the prosecution of Captain William Kidd
serving as royal governor in British North America
ordinalInTitle 1
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Droitwich
Newton (Isle of Wight)
placeOfBurial New York City
politicalAlignment supporter of the Whig faction
positionHeld Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Governor of New Hampshire
surface form: Governor of the Province of New Hampshire

Governor of the Province of New York
religion Protestantism
spouse Catherine Nanfan
timePeriod early 18th century
late 17th century
titleCreatedIn Peerage of Ireland

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William Stoughton succeededBy Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont father Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Richard Coote
Coote hasNotableMember Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Earl of Bellomont notableTitleHolder Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Earl of Bellomont titleHolder Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Mary St. John motherOf Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Mary St. John hasChild Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Mary St. John relative Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Mary St. John hasDescendant Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Catherine Nanfan spouse Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont