Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont

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Anglo-Irish nobleman colonial governor human

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.

Aliases (1)

Richard Coote ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Irish nobleman → colonial governor → human →
appointedBy	William III of England →
areaOfActivity	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 NERFINISHED → Province of New York →
deathYear	1701 →
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Irish →
familyName	Coote →
father	Richard Coote →
givenName	Richard NERFINISHED →
governorOf	Province of Massachusetts Bay → Province of New Hampshire → Province of New York →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
memberOf	English House of Commons NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED →
politicalAlignment	supporter of the Whig faction →
positionHeld	Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → 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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont ("Richard Coote") →	father
William Stoughton →	succeededBy