Family and Education
b. aft. 1610, 4th s. of Sir Charles Coote 1st bt. of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon, and Dorothea, da. of Hugh Cuffe of Cuffe’s Wood, co. Cork.Lodge, Peerage, i. 303-4. m. Frances, da. of Moyses Hill of Hillsborough, co. Down, s.p. d. 25 Nov. 1671.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304-5; Juxon Jnl. 4n.
Offices Held

Military: capt. regt. of Sir Charles Coote*, 1642–6. Gov. Castle Coote [?and Roscommon] 1644–6;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 466. Coleraine 1649–?53.SP28/67/2, f. 253; Lodge, Peerage, i. 304. Col. of ft. (parlian.) army in Ireland, c. Sept. 1649-Aug. 1653.SP28/62/2, f. 371; Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 640–1; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 620. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of earl of Ossory, 9 Feb. 1661–?.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304.

Irish: MP, Trim borough 20 Mar. 1643; co. Cavan 1661–6.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 185; CJI, i. 589. J.p. Ulster c.1649–?Lodge, Peerage, i. 304. Commr. assessment, co. Antrim 16 Oct. 1654; cos. Cavan, Monaghan 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Sheriff, cos. Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan 1656.NAI, Ferguson MS 10, p. 164. Member for co. Cavan, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 185.

Civic: alderman, Coleraine 6 May 1650–26 Apr. 1659.Acts of Corporation of Coleraine ed. B. McGrath (Dublin, 2017), 212, 266.

: of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.
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Commons 1640-1660
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COOTE, Thomas (d.1671), of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.

Will
22 Nov. 1671.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304.
Estates
by 1670 held extensive lands in co. Cavan (101 townlands) and co. Monaghan (62 townlands), as well as properties in cos. Meath, Armagh, Tyrone, Cork and King’s Co.Down Survey website.
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