Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont

Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, KB, PC (Ire), (6 April 1738 – 20 October 1800) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as one of the Postmasters General of Ireland. Charles was briefly styled as the Baron Coote between February 1766 and his elevation to the earldom in September 1767.

Life Charles was the son of Charles Coote and Prudence Geering of Cootehill, County Cavan. He was born on 6 April 1738 and baptised six days later.

Lord Bellomont, as he then was, was badly wounded while fighting a duel with The Viscount Townshend on 2 February 1773: Townshend shot him in the groin. The quarrel seems to have been political, as Townshend had been a highly unpopular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Coote was the representative for County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1766.

His titles became extinct at his death.

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