Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and

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Cotter was born into the Norse-Gaelic

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, the son of James Cotter the Younger (1689–1720), a leading Roman Catholic and Jacobite in County Cork, by his marriage to Margaret Mathew.John Burke, ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'', Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832)
p. 292
/ref> After his father's death, he was brought up by guardians as a Protestant and educated at

Midleton College Midleton College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. In past centuries it has also been called Midleton School. Although founded in 1696, the school did not open until 1717. It went thr ...

, a

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in County Cork and Trinity College Dublin. Cotter served as a Member of Parliament for

Askeaton Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin) is a town in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Aske ...

in the

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between 1761 and 1768. On 11 August 1763 he was created a

, of Rockforest in the

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, in the

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. In 1746 Cotter married Arabella Rogerson, daughter of Sir John Rogerson,

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, and Elizabeth Ludlow. Arabella was the widow of William Casaubon. Together they had four children.Burke's Peerage, 77th edition 1915, p. 522

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cotter, Sir James, 1st Baronet 1714 births 1770 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland

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Irish MPs 1761–1768 Politicians from County Cork Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies People educated at Midleton College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

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