Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (1636–
5 March,
1701) was colonial governor of
New York from 1698 to 1701 and of
Massachusetts from 1699 to 1700. Coote, who was born in
Ireland, was the second, but first surviving son, of Richard, 1st Lord Coote of Coloony by Mary, daughter of Sir George St George, and succeeded his father on
10 July 1683. He was Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1689 to 1695. He was one of the first to join the Prince of Orange in 1688, which caused him to be
attainted by the Irish Parliament of King
James II in May 1689. William and Mary, however, created him Earl of Bellomont on 2 November 1689 in the Irish Peerage, and granted him over 77,000 acres (310 km²) of forfeited Irish lands.
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